The question that should corrupt officials be banned from travelling to the West should illicit a Yes answer from any person that believes in the rule of law ,justice ,equity and fair play. Corruption has broadly been defined as a perversion or a change from good to bad. Specifically, corruption or corrupt behavior involves the violation of established rules for personal gain and profit (Sen 1999, p.275). Corruption is efforts to secure wealth or power through illegal means private gain at public expense; or a misuse of public power for private benefit (Lipset & Lenz, 2000, p.112-114).The effect of corruption on many countries and their people is better imagined. Especially in Africa a large chunk of public funds find their way into private confers in Europe and this trend has flourished unperturbed for over four decades now as a result many lives have been lost,countries have become war torned and socio,political and economic development have stagnated as such any move to stop kleptomaniacs,their cohorts and collaborators from travelling to the West as a mean of denying them access to looted funds is a welcomed one.

I believe the real question begging for an answer here is whether the act of stopping them from travelling to the west does not constitute an infringement on their right to freedom of movement,the answer is simply Yes ,they have committed a crime and should be threated as common criminals to dissuade others from following their footsteps.

Although corruption via money stolen from other part of the world and laundered to Europe has benefited the economics of these countries so also it has adversely affected them through lose money which is been use to fund illegal businesses,civil wars and terrorism all over the world.