(September 2, 2003) Multinational corporations have often viewed bribery as a distasteful but necessary part of doing business in certain countries – particularly underdeveloped ones.

(September 1, 2003) Richard D. North, Media Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs, explores dishonesty, bribery, sleaze, fraud and graft around the world in Corruption, a four-part documentary which began on Monday, August 18, aired by the British Broadcasting Corporation. On Monday, Sept. 1, the series will look at the groundbreaking corruption trial underway in Lesotho, one of the smallest and poorest countries in Africa. The CEO of a dam project, the biggest construction project in Africa, was found to have taken $2 million in bribes, which he’d stashed in a string of secret Swiss bank accounts.