A billion-dollar Nigerian oil bribe equals the nation’s entire health budgetBy Scott TongDecember 20, 2017POSTED IN: world Nigeria Shell Oil Eni multinational companies bribery ListenreadDownloadDownload
Bribes are as old as the OlympicsBy Molly WoodAugust 05, 2016Wikipedia/Creative CommonsEven in ancient Greece, bribes and corruption were part of the deal.POSTED IN: Olympics Greece bribery corruption ListenreadDownloadDownload
Freshly re-elected Sepp Blatter leaves FIFABy Kai Ryssdal and Daisy PalaciosJune 02, 2015VALERIANO DI DOMENICO/AFP/Getty ImagesSepp Blatter is taking a permanent timeout from FIFA. POSTED IN: FIFA resign World Cup soccer bribery ListenreadDownloadDownload
China levies bribery charges against British drugmakerBy David Gura and Stephen BeardJuly 04, 2014BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Chinese government has detained GSK's China chief over corruption charges.POSTED IN: China fraud bribery read
China accuses GSK foreign executive of briberyBy Rob SchmitzMay 14, 2014BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty ImagesChinese police took unprecedented step of charging a foreign executive of bribery.POSTED IN: China GlaxoSmithKline bribery ListenreadDownloadDownload
Have you bribed someone in the past year?By Chau TuJuly 09, 2013Some rights reserved by Transparency International - SecretariatAccording to a global public opinion survey, most people in the world believe corruption has increased in the last two years.POSTED IN: bribery corruption read
Bribing your kids to study: Does it work?By Kai RyssdalAugust 14, 2012Geri-Ellen DowListener Geri-Ellen Dow heard our Freakonomics segment on paying kids to do better in school, and tried the experiment out on her own son.POSTED IN: bribery School ListenreadDownloadDownload
Pfizer agrees to pay $60 million to settle bribery chargesBy Jeff HorwichAugust 08, 2012PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty ImagesThe charge: violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Pfizer's drug sales reps paid bribes to get Pfizer drugs used by doctors in countries like China, Russia and Bulgaria.POSTED IN: Pfizer bribery ListenreadDownloadDownload
Bribing kids to do well in schoolBy Kai RyssdalJuly 10, 2012FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/GettyImagesAnd not just promising them a reward. You have to give it to them upfront. Freakonomics' Steven Levitt on how that works.POSTED IN: bribery Education ListenreadDownloadDownload