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Why Should We Care? Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lowell Bergman heads our investigation of international bribery. In this clip, he talks about the social costs of corruption, pointing to oil rich Nigeria, where its poor citizens, environment and democracy have suffered catastrophically. (more »)

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THE BUSINESS OF BRIBES

Over the next ten weeks, FRONTLINE and FRONTLINE/World will unfold an online investigation of international bribery. Covering a practice estimated at $1 trillion worldwide, the team will report on some of the largest bribery investigations in corporate history, leading up to a FRONTLINE documentary, Black Money, airing April 7th.

The site will investigate the global impact of bribery, including complex financial systems to hide payments, and the systematic corruption of high-ranking foreign officials that contributes to the destabilization of the developing world. It will also examine U.S. and international efforts to police illegal acts of bribery once considered "the cost of doing business."

Stay with us as we bring you new video and print reports each week, including in depth interviews with middlemen, prosecutors, whistleblowers and former presidents.

Thanks to our Funders

Major funding for The Business of Bribes web site comes from Shell, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The Reva and David Logan Foundation. Additional funding provided by the Fund for Investigative Journalism.

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February 24, 2009
According to a 2004 study by the World Bank Institute, $1 trillion is paid every year in bribes worldwide. Many agree that the victims of bribery are often those living in poverty in the developing world, in countries rich in...READ MORE »		 Spotlight: History of the FCPASpotlight: History of the FCPA
February 13, 2009
Up until 1977, no country in the world considered the bribing of foreign officials for business purposes to be illegal. That changed with the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, when the United States became the first...READ MORE »
At Siemens, Bribery Was Just a Line ItemAt Siemens, Bribery Was Just a Line Item
February 13, 2009
The unusual journey of Reinhard Siekaczek, a former midlevel executive at the German engineering giant Seimens, helps explain how the company ended up paying $1.6 billion in the largest fine for bribery in modern corporate history...READ MORE »		 KBR Hit With Record Bribery FineKBR Hit With Record Bribery Fine
February 12, 2009
After five years of multi-jurisdictional investigations, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Feb. 11 that Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) - until recently a subsidiary of the Halliburton Corporation - agreed to pay a total of $579 million in...READ MORE »
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"If you look to Gabon, you will find in this small country that has been producing oil for 30 years, they are poorer today than they were 30 years ago. This oil has not benefited the people but it has benefited...the elite in this country." READ MORE »
Eva Joly

"We know that bribery and corruption, if you value democracy in any form, are not healthy. We know this from our own experience and from what has happened in the developing world...It's what keeps corrupt dictators, corrupt regimes in power. They can't do it unless somebody pays them bribes." READ MORE »
Lowell Bergman

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