In particular he was to address high-level political corruption and the large amount of smuggling that was being carried on.

Asset recovery is indeed a very important issue for many developing countries where high-level corruption has plundered the national wealth.

Recent events in India, which has seen an unprecedented uprising against high-level corruption, are an indicator of this.

To distract the Russian people from high-level corruption, war hysteria was whipped up.

He replaced his prime minister following protests and a showdown over allegations of high-level corruption.

The brother, Pedro, made charges of high-level corruption and drug abuse, which led to calls for a Government investigation.

Officials say the trial is a mark of political maturity, signaling that high-level corruption will no longer be tolerated.

But do western governments have the will to tackle high-level corruption?

The lesson they reportedly took away was that evidence of high-level corruption was not wanted.

This has led to further non-partisan investigations and indictments of high-level corruption.