Jackie Selebi, the former head of Interpol and the South African national police, is expected to be sentenced by a South African court on Tuesday.
Selebi was found guilty of corruption in July - the most senior official ever convicted in the country.
Al Jazeera's Rosie Garthwaite reports now on how Selebi's conviction is only the tip of the iceberg.
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Corruption: Interpol President charged with "defeating the ends of justice"