International companies and private individuals are making hundreds of reports a week to a pioneering internet hotline launched this month to map bribery worldwide and help businesses plan how to deal with it.
Trace, a non-profit group set up to help companies tackle corruption, says its Bribeline has already received more than 1,000 reports from 89 countries, from people claiming officials have asked them for pay-offs ranging from less than $20 to more than $500,000 (€366,000, £246,000).
The scale and diversity of the responses highlight both the global extent of corruption and the increased sensitivity to it in an era in which the US and other countries are stepping up action against alleged bribery in multinational companies.
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