World is getting more corrupt, says transparency poll / One in four worldwide pays bribes: study

[Turborama]

Source: BBC

December 09 2010 | Last updated at 06:00 GMT

The world is considered a more corrupt place now than it was three years ago, a poll suggests. Some 56% of people interviewed by Transparency International said their country had become more corrupt.

The organisation put Afghanistan, Nigeria, Iraq and India in the most corrupt category, followed by China, Russia and much of the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a BBC poll suggests that corruption is the world's most talked about problem.

About one in five of those polled by the BBC said they had discussed issues relating to corruption with others in the last month, making it the most talked about concern ahead of climate change, poverty, unemployment and rising food and energy costs.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11954667

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One in four worldwide pays bribes: study

Source: AFP

BERLIN — One person in four worldwide paid a bribe during the past year, according to a study released Thursday to mark International Anti-Corruption Day.

The study, by the Berlin-based non-governmental agency Transparency International, focuses on small-scale bribery and was put together from polls conducted among more than 91,000 people in 86 countries and territories.

In the past 12 months, one in four paid a bribe to one of nine institutions, such as health, education or tax authorities, according to the 2010 Global Corruption Barometer.

But it was the police who proved most corrupt, according to the study which reported that 29 percent of those having dealings with police said they had paid a bribe.

Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gODlbjVM5IQW9JNx5Iz6kWQUh8mQ?docId=CNG.ed754de0e678c862bc18161c29a672e9.a61

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Corruption index: global bribery and corruption worldwide ranked by Transparency International

Source: The Guardian

The latest global corruption barometer shows bribery worldwide has increased and political parties are the most affected. Is it just business as usual? See how each country compares: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/09/global-corruption-index-worlwide-transparency-international

Global Corruption Barometer 2010's Homepage: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/gcb/2010

[xchrom]

1. all the places we're at war with or having raging boners to do business with.

of course our own corruption is certainly nothing to sneeze at.

[barbtries]

2. agreed.

all this brouhaha over wikileaks. when the government started spying on us we were supposed to just suck it up and be happy about it since after all if we had nothing to hide we had nothing to worry about.

i'm so fucking sick of it all i don't even want to look anymore.

[xchrom]

5. indeed. it's pretty awful. nt

[marshall]

3. They call them "expedite fees" instead of bribes

That has been my experience from traveling in eastern Europe and southeast Asia.

[SpiralHawk]

4. The 'triumph' of Republicon Family Values

Ptoooey.

[Zephie]

6. I don't think I've ever paid a bribe to anyone

I imagine it isn't as cool as they make it look in movies.

[saigon68]

7. Obama and his crew Bribe Karzai and his Crooks 24/7

Hey Hillary-- how's that new Blackwater/Xe contract working out for ya?

[old mark]

8. Like our congress - Speaker Boehner used to give out checks from

lobbyists on the floor of the House while it was in session - I have little doubt he will continue that practice as Speaker of our noble institution...


mark

[florida08]

9. thanks Turborama for the reports

We know corruption has always been going on. The opinion that most think it has gotten worse in the past 3 years is that TPTB are less secretive. Look what our own SCOTUS did with regard to Citizen United. Maybe people are paying more attention since the global economic meltdown. They see how corporate corruption beds their government. I find it interesting that the US is in the same bracket as Pakistan and Iraq in the 70 percentile range.