Introduction

Corruption is derived from the Latin word " corruptus ", meaning " to break ", and encompasses all situations where " agents and public officers break the confidence entrusted to them. " It is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as the " perversion or destruction of integrity in the discharge of public duties by bribery or favour; the use or existence of corrupt practices, esp. in a state, public corporation etc ". The verb " bribe " is in turn defined as " to influence corruptly, by a reward ...