The world is constantly reminded that corruption knows no geographic boundaries. In South Africa, former President Jacob Zuma was recently jailed for refusing to testify before an anti-graft commission and remains embroiled in several other court cases involving corruption allegations that helped remove him from power. In Malaysia, former Prime Minister Najib Razak was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2020 over the fraud and embezzling charges that precipitated his downfall, a verdict that was recently upheld by a court of appeals. A money laundering investigation launched in Brazil in 2008 expanded to take down a vast network of politicians and business leaders across Central and South America over the course of the following decade. And former U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration saw a steady stream of officials who were forced to resign after being caught using their offices for private gain.
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