ABSTRACT: Wittily and thoroughly, this article analyzes the sensitive topic mentioned in its title. Within the framework of international corruption - and the struggle against it -, it describes how international arbitration is used abusively as a means to implement corrupt practices and avoid control. It examines various arbitration cases that had to deal with this topic, and focuses on the small number of awards effectively enforced and the different reasons for that: The severability of arbitration clauses, the evidence relating to corruption, the choice of the applicable law, the rule of confidentiality, among other issues.