Welcome to Probe International's Odious Debts Web site: The Internet source for information about the global odious debt movement. We provide:

• An e-library of legal information about the principle of odious debt
• A forum for citizens and advocacy groups throughout the world to post details of their country's odious debts and describe the efforts made to establish the illegal nature of these debts
• An archive of information relevant to legal challenges to Third World debt

The site facilitator, Probe International has been the world's leading authority on odious debts since 1991, when its publication, Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption, and the Third World's Environmental Legacy introduced the concept to the Third World debt debate.

The Doctrine of Odious Debts is not the only legal tool available to challenge Third World debts - many legal challenges to foreign debts have been and are being tried. But the term so aptly describes the nature of these debts that we have adopted it for this Web site's signature.