The problem of ‘Grand’ Corruption (I prefer the term ‘indigenous spoliation’ or ‘patrimonicide’ because both capture the exceptional gravity and magnitude of the plunder of national resources that takes place), the misuse of public power by high- ranking state officials for private gain, has finally been ‘outed.’ The veil that once shrouded this subject from public view, particularly the probing view of multilateral institutions and national legislatures, is now lifted. It has taken over ten years to get here. When the first edition of this work was published in 1995 there was only a solitary multilateral convention against corruption by public.
