By R. Nadeswaran

Twelve years ago, the New York Times published an article on an enterprising businessperson who started the world’s first-ever “Corrupt Tour” in Prague, which gave visitors the darker side of the city - the culture of lawlessness and corruption.

Dan Bilefsky wrote: “These days, there is more than enough nefarious activity afoot in the Czech capital to fill a three-hour excursion. The first stop on tour was a run-down apartment building in a working-class neighbourhood.”