Fallout from the latest revelations relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to reverberate throughout the political world. In the UK, former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for the creation of an 'anti-corruption commission'. But how was sleaze and scandal tackled in previous centuries? 

In this episode of HistoryExtra's series History Behind the Headlines: Briefing, Hannah Skoda from the University of Oxford considers some of the ways in which people set out to deal with corruption.

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