Lalit Mohan Nainwal
24th February 2013 |
So Far I see in India, every government work and paper has a rate to pay for pockets of investigating authority or signing officer. Let it be Driving licence, let it be passport, let it be ration card, let it be lodging a complaint that someone picked your purse in bus, let it be anything that involve public servants involvements.
I can say, YES many Indians get the job done without paying anything, that is either their good luck or they had enough time to visit officers again and again or whom they know in that perticular office . |
Goodindian
24th December 2012 |
Where is India? |
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5th December 2012 |
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Last Klingon For 90 Miles
5th December 2012 |
How does one measure corruption? In any case I noticed that there was quite a high level in Tajikistan... must be something to do with that Rahmon... |
Wiz
17th October 2012 |
If mothers want their babies to grow up to work for the government you know that corruption is the controlling principle of your economy.
-wiz |
Mirna from Indonesia
26th June 2012 |
Im disappointed.. why my country isnt listed here..
ww should have win the title most corrupted country |
Rajin Chinappa
17th June 2012 |
India is inching closer towards numero Uno spot in the list,but i can't find the name of the country. |
Amr Fahmy
21st March 2012 |
I wonder why Egypt is not top listed !!! |
mubasher shouket
20th January 2012 |
i want to know the name of country who have no police? please give me the answer......................thnksssssss |
Sandi
9th November 2011 |
Im trying to see list of most corrupt countires butonly get list in alphabetical order? |
Rizwan Zamir
3rd November 2011 |
Corruption is in full swing in Pakistan but why not it is included in the list. |
Akhtar Saleem Baloch
9th October 2011 |
I astonished to see that there are still the states witnessing an out of hand corruption.Why is all so?do there is no intellectual class in such states which arise like those in France during French Revolution.I m a Pakistani and I m so sensitive about that issue because I m a lawyer and also a researching student preparing for CSS.so I would like to convey message to all of the state loyal entities to step forward to root it all once for all. |
Vishal Sathyan
8th October 2011 |
India is far behind in corruption while compared to it's neighbouring countries. But still, most of the Indians believe that their country is the most corrupt. |
Zenith Hasan
29th September 2011 |
I am very glad to know that our country isn't 10 top corruption country's rank ! |
mike
23rd September 2011 |
what to do when you get caught in corrupt system ,who to protect your rights and property . |
M.S.Chauhan
19th August 2011 |
Dear all, this is right time to awake up. Else our children will not able to survive in the nation with a heat of corruption. Please pelage that we will not give and take bribe in our life. It is root of corruption tree, removal of it is essential. |
Deepak Kumar Netam
15th August 2011 |
India is one of the most corrupted country in the world if u see. I am an Indian but i am shame in saying that Indians are m**********r because they know why our country is full of corruption but they dont take any steps against it. |
nagarjuna
24th July 2011 |
india is the one of biggest country in corruption.............
our prime minister manmohan singh and aicc president sonia gandhi encourage these corruption.........
because of them only india was under development process otherwise it is already developed........... |
Ben, South-Africa
13th July 2011 |
South Africa is certainly one of the most corrupt countries. The president, Jacob Zuma is incompetent and even the justice system has been "changed" to cover up his crimes. The country is governed by a lot of evil thugs where nepotism, bribery and corruption is tops. Then there are lunatics like Julius Malema who is an evil man. Avoid SA at all costs. There is no future there. |
Mr Bill
20th June 2011 |
Here in the Netherlands we have a thing called "decent corruption". If you're from a particular social background (like being the nephew or niece of..), or are prepared to do the necessary amount of ***-kissing, and are willing to refrain from rocking any boat you find yourself in, then you might some day find yourself in some meaningless but well-paid position as a director of some "foundation" (of which we have an ocean full) or as a member of some vague commission. It's practically invisible, but it's definitely there. And it's where a lot of EU-Euros disappear into. |
Thabiso
19th June 2011 |
I question the criteria being used to determine these figures. Countries like Lesotho seem calm due to the nature of thier people (calm, modest, quiet,). But the extent of corruption going on in that country is unimaginable. For instance top goverment positions are held by the PM relatives, friends and neighbours. There is one family of PM neigbours, the husband is a minister as well as his wife. After every 3 years, the ministers are given Mercedez Benz for US$570. PM's wife has been created a position of first lady, thier daughter is called Post Master General, a son is given a position of principal secretary. Roads that cost millions of dollars (from donors) to construct last for at least a year.Tenders are only won by the PM nephew. So exactly how do you determine this? Really, I think Lesotho should be rank among the most corrupt, may be 5th in the world |
Nicolas
15th June 2011 |
EEUU. Most corrupt country ever. |
Dan
1st June 2011 |
To staff member about Olga:
It seems she was being sarcastic.
Hence the :) |
harriet
27th May 2011 |
where is nigeria |
Tracy
21st May 2011 |
This list is interesting..although corruption is everywhere it starts in the heart of the people. You CANNOT educate corruption out of people. They are either good or bad. Corruption is giving up on each other and loosing our humanity to chase money or whatever takes us away from humanity(caring for each other). I may not know you or even know your stories..but If you were wounded and hurting I would help. If you were in need of a friend or someone to talk to I would be there. Love is being lost everyday. You may not believe what I believe but I love you anyway. How hard is this for people to do. Peace is working together in spite of our differences. This is humanity. Money and people both pass and what is left. What legacy are we leaving our children? What path are we choosing for our futures. You want to know where corruption leads go to the cemetery and look at all the people there. Research your communities and people. Evilness and Wickedness never prospers and even if it does the end result is always loss. Hope for the hopelessness. Be kind to each other..show love towards each other. Even if you don't agree..kindness never lacks integrity. |
Siddhartha+Bandyopadhyay
21st May 2011 |
Most of the communities in India (such as Bengali), are succumbed in 'Culture of Poverty'(a theory introduced by an American anthropologist Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life, worst Politico-administrative system, weak mother language, continuous absorption of common space (mental as well as physical, both). We are becoming fathers & mothers only by self-procreation, mindlessly & blindfold. Simply depriving their(the children) fundamental rights of a decent, caring society, fearless & dignified living. Do not ever look for any other positive alternative behaviour (values) to perform human way of parenthood, i.e. deliberately co-parenting of those children those are born out of ignorance, real poverty. All of us are being driven only by the very animal instinct. If the Bengali people ever be able to bring that genuine freedom (from vicious cycle of 'poverty') in their own life/attitude, involve themselves in 'Production of Space' (Henri Lefebvre), at least initiate a movement by heart, decent & dedicated Politics will definitely come up. - Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, 16/4, Girish Banerjee Lane, Howrah-711101. |
johnny saigon
17th May 2011 |
CANADIAN FINANCE MINISTER CAUGHT TAKING ILLEGAL BRIBE KICKBACKS!
... this is no hoax. this is real and it doesn't get any better than this. the evidence can easily be seen on the web ...
... the corrupt british columbia, canada government is a fascist regime infested with crooks top to bottom. i have concrete, tangible evidence that proves beyond any doubt that british columbia's finance minister takes illegal bribe kickbacks when the accounting/consulting firm pricewaterhousecoopers inc. is appointed by the supreme court of british columbia to oversee third-party assets in civil disputes ...
... see the proof on the web at this address here:
http://www.callumhouston.com/FinanceMinisterTakesIllegalKickbacksFromPwC.html
... or see the evidence on the web at www.callumhouston.com by copying and googling this phrase: bc finance minister takes illegal kickbacks from pwc by callum houston ...
... it's official -- the gonzo government of canada is rotten to the marrow of the bone with rampant corruption ... |
sunil kumar
16th April 2011 |
how can a socity/country expect to be corruption free where people feel proud in shaking hands and getting themselves photographed with the corrupt people which they normally hang in their offices and homes to announce their closeness with them.
no law can ever change the situation untill we all announce that we are not corrupt by having no social/family relation with the corrupt.
let us all be part of a silent movement where we take pledge of not having to do any thing with those, against whome we shout slogons.each one correcting himself will make the whole socity correct.
WILL IT NOT? ASK THIS QUESTION TO YOURSELF AND EACH MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY IN PRESENCE OF WHOLE FAMILY AND THEN REACT. |
King
8th April 2011 |
Anna hazare sir is doing a great job in India for removing corruption nd securing our nation from destruction. ! |
King
8th April 2011 |
People become corrupt just because rich keep on bribing people. ! |
mac
7th April 2011 |
How do I get a list of corrupt practices in South Africa ? I want to highlight this disease to our people so that we can put pressure on our politicians to make a change now, before our beautiful country reaches a point of no return. Please assist. |
vikash brahma
5th April 2011 |
INDIA in 88th ?????...THIS CANT BE.........IT SHOULD BE IN TOP 5.......u see,here also India has done corruption...i think they have bribed THIS SITE to place their name in the 88th position...hahahahaha lol lol lol |
G.Fawkes
23rd March 2011 |
Corruption is not an exclusive action of the politicians.. corruption stems from the citizens apathy and lack of action/involvement with the political process. Your politicians are taking advantage of your money and power because you let them. Stop crying and do something |
stephie
17th March 2011 |
i'm so happy that jamaica is not in the top 10 |
LETSEBE TSIETSI
11th March 2011 |
Our leaders spend time practising what will fill their pockets with "self enrichment",they even forget how liberty was fought to be served.A politician has once said that "power tends to corrupt,and absolute power corrupts absolutely"(ACTON) and this is what they follow.....while our black african brothers,sisters,uncles,unties,grandmothers,and grandfathers are dieying of hunger and developments in rural areas.True freedom fighters are located in rural are and they are ignored.All eyes are on wealthy people(leaders) who do corruption.taking advantage of their powers.But who cares as they are all living "GOOD LIVES OF CORRUPTION".It is never too late to consider people from rural ares!!!!!! |
Dushyant SEO
3rd March 2011 |
Hi I am Dushyant Verma form India I think that conditions are much better than before, Government and there people are strict now corruption rates have been fallen vigorously from past few year. As a citizen of any country, every one like that there country should be rank as a best country in the worlds and no one other then you will help to make your country best. Avoid any kind corruption and being corrupt contact police if they didn’t listen go to press. |
Katie+P.
28th February 2011 |
For me huge corruption is in a Spain and UK.
I was i saw i was a victim. |
Katie P.
28th February 2011 |
For me huge corruption is in Spain and England.
I was i saw i was victim. |
Vikku
26th February 2011 |
If a enqiry is made without bribing the agency who makes the enquiry, it will be revealed that the agency who put India at 88th rank has been bribed. If the rating would have been proper proper and without corruption, India must have been placed at the place of most corrupt country in the Universe. |
mallu
23rd February 2011 |
i think it's not correct index....INDIA should be given d first prior |
Aybo
19th February 2011 |
Azerbaijan should stand on Top of the List |
Alex
17th February 2011 |
The way you have to look at this statistic is:
The more corrupt the country and government is, the lower the score. Why? Well, the more corrupt a government the more unlikely it is to get out in public. To say, the bigger and more effective the mafia is, the less you know about them.
So according to this list Iceland is acctually working hard and is able to find its corruption and report it.
It makes perfect sense.. |
MONDEMBE MENYOLI
17th February 2011 |
Corruption is endemic to cameroon. Cameroon is supposed to be most corrupt. Please try and review this index |
EvilJim
16th February 2011 |
Actually to God, It hasnt got anything to do with skin colour because the majority of corruption is instigated by other nations who are richer.
USA should be at the top of this list, everyone knows that for a start. |
Louie
9th February 2011 |
I don't think they had the right title for this chart, i think it should be government system, not corruption. And i agree with acg515
22nd June 2005, absolutely! North Korea is the most corrupt in the world. In my opinion Communism= Corruption |
MikeLawry
7th February 2011 |
United States of America should be a lot lower on the list, we are a total messed up country right now, a "capitalist-corrupted-only-motivated-by-corporate-greed" country. In the past 8 years 400+ Florida government officals have been convicted of a crime. Police all over the states have been accused of stashing drug money, planting false evidence on suspects, taking bribes, conspiracy....I swear USA should be way on the bottom on this list, we are 1 corrupted country for sure... |
kawish
4th February 2011 |
i am frm pakistan i am saying that pakistan goverment is very corroupt in the world mostly peoples party is the hiher corroupt political party in pakistan |
tommy luis
31st January 2011 |
from 2005 to 2011 is long time when can we see the new perceptions? |
Siddhartha+Bandyopadhyay
31st January 2011 |
Most of the communities in India (such as Bengali), are succumbed in 'Culture of Poverty'(a theory introduced by an American anthropologist Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life, worst Politico-administrative system, weak mother language, continuous absorption of common space (mental as well as physical, both). We are becoming fathers & mothers only by self-procreation, mindlessly & blindfold. Simply depriving their(the children) fundamental rights of a decent, caring society, fearless & dignified living. Do not ever look for any other positive alternative behaviour (values) to perform human way of parenthood, i.e. deliberately co-parenting of those children those are born out of ignorance, real poverty. All of us are being driven only by the very animal instinct. If the Bengali people ever be able to bring that genuine freedom (from vicious cycle of 'poverty') in their own life/attitude, involve themselves in 'Production of Space’(Henri Lefebvre), at least initiate a movement by heart, decent & dedicated Politics will definitely come up.
- Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, 16/4, Girish Banerjee lane, Howrah-711101, India. |
Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay
31st January 2011 |
Most of the communities in India (such as Bengali), are succumbed in 'Culture of Poverty'(a theory introduced by an American anthropologist Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life, worst Politico-administrative system, weak mother language, continuous absorption of common space (mental as well as physical, both). We are becoming fathers & mothers only by self-procreation, mindlessly & blindfold. Simply depriving their(the children) fundamental rights of a decent, caring society, fearless & dignified living. Do not ever look for any other positive alternative behaviour (values) to perform human way of parenthood, i.e. deliberately co-parenting of those children those are born out of ignorance, real poverty. All of us are being driven only by the very animal instinct. If the Bengali people ever be able to bring that genuine freedom (from vicious cycle of 'poverty') in their own life/attitude, involve themselves in 'Production of Space’(Henri Lefebvre), at least initiate a movement by heart, decent & dedicated Politics will definitely come up.
- Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, 16/4, Girish Banerjee lane, Howrah-711101, India. |
Faridi
29th January 2011 |
I think people should try to realize, that there is no corrupt Nation, its all the people of that particular Nation, who is fully responsible to make their Nation most Corrupted of most Developed Nation. I believe if every citizen will realize his/her responsibilty being a good citizen, this ranking will improve day by day. All you need is, just do your duty as a responsible citizen. It will take time but its possible. |
singaporean
28th January 2011 |
Oh yeah my country top 5 again. And its the only country in the top 10 list with countries like sweden and denmark. Singapore is the pride of Asia!!! |
Richard Febiri
28th January 2011 |
Africa is a poor continent with rich leaders |
Pal
25th January 2011 |
india is one of the most corrupted country. Bribing Is very often for government officials specially if you have court related work. I have suffered a lot in india. No doubt india is growing fast but poor person is getting poorer but rich person is getting richer. Though people are good but government officials are not. |
Munci
20th January 2011 |
The views of the James below are just bigoted. He's acting as if all of Africa is the same, as if all Africans, Indians and Pakistanis are like their governments. Of course that's not the case. Look at Mauritius. Mostly Indians but not nearly so high on the corruption scale. And it is actually just about corruption *perceptions* anyway, not an actual measure of how many bribes are being taken or anything like that.
In any case, alcohol is not found much at all in Thailand outside of tourist areas for a start. Also, following the precepts of the religion of your country to the letter is something wholely different from taking bribes and so on. I mean , if it was a matter of corruption, it would be the government is the only one drinking alcohol and noone else is allowed it. But the way it is is that they're alcohol drinking Muslims. |
ganyadv83@gmail.com
18th January 2011 |
how you calculated corruption has been done by individuals |
Samar
16th January 2011 |
I am not agree with this rating,india have maximum rate of corruption. |
shep
16th January 2011 |
surely this list is back to front? |
Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay
13th January 2011 |
Nearly all the communities in India(such as Bengali), are succumbed in 'Culture of Poverty'(a theory once introduced by an US anthropologist Oscar Lewis), irrespective of class or economic strata, lives in pavement or apartment. Nobody is at all ashamed of the deep-rooted corruption, decaying general quality of life, worst Politico-administration system, weak(immature) mother language, continuous absorption of common space(mental & physical, both). Becoming parents only by (blindfold) self-procreation, simply depriving their(the children) fundamental rights of a decent & caring society, fearless & dignified living. Do not ever look for any other positive alternative behaviour(values), i.e. deliberately co-parenting of those children who are born out of ignorance, real poverty. All of us is being driven only by the very animal instinct. Can the Indians(Bengali) ever be able to bring that genuine freedom (from vicious cycle of 'poverty') in their own life/attitude, start themselves 'Production of (social)Space’, at least initiate a movement, by heart. - Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, 16/4, Girish Banerjee lane, Howrah-711101, India. |
Peter Whitacre
12th January 2011 |
Kenya is the worst place in the world for corruption from the government officials, the customs in the airport who pocket the money and give NO RECEIPTS, right down to the police who stop the motorist and expect money and it goes down to the ordinary person in the street, it is endemic in their culture. The Masai; who brutalise their women with the sticks they carry; are even into it, they are targeting the white women and conning them out of their life savings, they are teaching each other how to go about it. In recent years from 2001 until now 2011 [the 35 times I have been going there] many more are now coming into the tourist areas. I hear horrendous stories from white women especially the older ones who fall for the flattery and the peacocks of the Masai tribes who get dressed up for the tourists. Many of them are being left penniless and destitute this is unfortunately not ones and twos. In the past year I have met ten and many more seem to be coming to me with their hard luck stories of their own making so be warned. |
ts
8th January 2011 |
India will be out of poverty , if corruption is removed.. But its Impossible... The truth " There is no law in India". Only punishment is for poor... |
TURKMEN
3rd January 2011 |
WOW!!! TURKMENISTAN IS 156, I AM SURPRIZED IT IS NOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST. THE SCORE SHOULD BE SOME WHERE BETWEEN 0 AND -10 |
anil
1st January 2011 |
India will be out of this list after 9 year |
prachiti
1st January 2011 |
i think india should get a higher rank because corruption in india is really immeasurable |
Anonymous
31st December 2010 |
"but I think UK should deserve a better rank."
Are you joking?? We're probably the most corrupt developed country in the world ! |
max
30th December 2010 |
I'm italian and I agree perfectly with the Italy's ranking, but I think UK should deserve a better rank. |
J
29th December 2010 |
I was unaware of corruption in the USA but now see it first hand in the justice system, money and thug power buys any variation of justice that is wanted. Most Americans have no clue. One example POT is illegal in most states because the bad guys are making millions, and the drugs that are the real problem are pills that anyone can get legal or illegal.
This is not what opened my eyes, it was a cover-up in my wife’s evil doings, it is amazing how openly connected many in the justice system is especially in South Florida.
I hope the connection to thugs are exposed and destroyed.
I agree with the person that asked GOD to remove corruption.
We all must do our part to stop corruption, it is often difficult. My plan is to die trying to make this world a better place and my prayer each night is to not get rest when I die but to work on scaring the hell out of corruption system that is destroying me and America as I knew it. They need to bring GOD back and the paddle back to school.
Actually the USA should be lower on the list. Most people in America are good but very blind and misguided by corruption. |
Asish
25th December 2010 |
Dont have much to say. Bangladesh, as expected is at the bottom. Here not only you bribe others but you are bribed as well.This is a viscious cycle of briberi. Example, you need a job, you bribe the man in power, when you have the job you recover what you invested. I myself bribed Government official and People like me destroys the infrastructure but tell me what to do? waitng for 2/3 decades for getting a paper signed? |
Jai
19th December 2010 |
Congress Govt in India is most corrupt by moving all people money to Swiz banks!
Indian Govt (Congress) is the most corrupt. |
Ronald
17th December 2010 |
Singapore ranked No.5 you kiddin me？Ask anyone who knows this little piece of Island Country and you will know that Singaporeans are 'Kiasu'- Want to be First at Everything 'Kiasee'- Terrified of Death/Trouble & 'Kaypo'- Nosy-Peckers. The 3 Ks that make us famous in ugly ways. But for a island-country where tourism is the main trade, our crime rates, are the lowest in the world and that includes corruption as CPIB in Singapore holds great power in handling this issues. As I said, Singaporeans are KIASEE, so are the police and government. China should top this list. try going anywhere in China, be it on on tour, doing businesses and anything else and if you do not have a contact or loads of cash, you will not get anything done right or fast. They will simply push u from 1 department to another and make you pay the official charges from dept to dept. However, if you can throw money to the first person you approached, he will gladly do it for you at 1 go, 1 dept! |
Frank
11th December 2010 |
Looks like many people are very upset by these stats. I understand this but please, see it in context. Look at the definitions. One should look at the movement between publications to see the movement - if you are lower on the list, get worried. |
me
9th December 2010 |
Your joking .. uk 11 ?? i think the corruption has hit this list. |
Madhav Burathoki
8th December 2010 |
Root of the corruption is started from high level to low level. There are the problems, how it can be wash out, it is very difficult. But when all the common people unitedly take a action plan it may be controlled. The habit of corruption can be controlled by the spiritual thinking. Spirit of integrity, the spirit of humanism, not by cast, not by religion may be process. Men should know thyself. Men should love each other.Human psychology of domination are always destructive, but human psychology of unitedly may be solution. Blaming to is other is not the solutions to control the solution. It is true we all hate corruptions. |
HoHa
8th December 2010 |
@lol, Tanges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). Malaysia has 5.1 and Iran 2.9 |
Rajesh
7th December 2010 |
India is not a poor country and also indian are not poor
but the corrupation is huge that's reason the whole money is with selected people.
i am 100% sure the Corrupation money is greater than to white money in india.... |
vishesh
4th December 2010 |
democracy cant prevail without a tool. and that tool is sometime referred to as CORRUPTION. |
milton stewart
1st December 2010 |
where the most money is you will find the most corruption |
girish
27th November 2010 |
India is not a poor country ,,,,, people in India are poor |
Bibhusan+Tiwary
22nd November 2010 |
India is a first class country with second class citizen and third class politic the root cause of all evil "SAVE FROM IT PLEASE" |
Roshan K
17th November 2010 |
Indian corruption behaviour always remains unchanged towards world face. They never learn lessons from their mistakes & from ex-corrupt individuals & cos etc. They pose threat to world economy due mass corruption. There is a quote which I remember "corrupt beget corrupt. One day India will be leading CC (corrupt country) on world index due to weak governance.
Roshan |
Bhagat Singh
16th November 2010 |
Rules makes the people to be more corrupted. Some great nations which are having long history, they rules are defined long back based on conditions at that time. Government administrative department will not change those rules and politicians will not change that.
>> |
Siva Kumar
15th November 2010 |
Pity that all BRIC nations are relatively more corrupt. The governance should be more stringent in these countries as the entire world is watching them closely. Wakeup India! |
Kingsly
14th November 2010 |
This classification looks quite convincing especially in the case of Cameroon. It will be needless trying to antagonize this publication. If the Cameroon Ministers (Government) are trying to prove the invalidity to the publication then they are just trying to prove that they are more corrupted than what the classification says. Let them put things right or else next year will be less than 2.0 couple with the presidential election that will introduce more corruption as ever been the case. |
indian
14th November 2010 |
i think corruption is too high in india, and it stands accordingly as the survey says.... as told by shahid u should know that indians have diversified religions in this country with unity, not like pakistan were even muslims within themself are not safe, u should know india is one of the few country which has not conquered or dominated as history tells like other muslim or western countries which they look to grab from other countries, we believe in our culture which is oldest for more than 10000 yrs. when a person respects the value of other religion or country he is considered a good human being, this is what india has followed over the years and i am proud to be an indian(which comprises love for our hindus, muslims, siks and christians, etc), this is not to disgrace others, just for the words given by shahid on hindus in india. |
Neeraj Varshney
14th November 2010 |
I am an Indian. And I tend to agree with James' views. We as a nation are born with corruption in our blood. There is nothing which you cannot buy at a price including the highest offices. Indians tend to corrupt and subvert systems wherever they go. And the day is not far when they would screw up other nations too. The same is true for most middle east Asian nations and south east asian nations with exceptions of Singapore.
Unless, the bribe giver and taker have the fear of GOD instilled into them by rule of law, they will continue to play merry hell with the system. I may sound a skeptic but Transparency International and other such fora can't be wrong. We are equivalent to tinpot dictatorships in corruption. One minister can swallow the equivalent of an entire year's defence budget. Jai Ho ! |
SUDHAKAR.M
14th November 2010 |
ALL THE COUNTRIES ARE GOING TO BE TAKE CORRUPTION.
BECOZ OF UN-FAITHFULLY PEOPLE TO GOVERNMENT OR MOST
RECOGNIZED&RESPECTABLE JOBS. IF THE PERSON IS GOOD
AROMATICALLY THE SURROUND (REGION)IS GOOD. |
Sriram
13th November 2010 |
First of all in the whole world the word Currption starts with exploitation,inhuman,insane and so on, in that category firstly the so called islamic national will come and then communist and so called repuplic.
The currption is done right from children exploitation, women putting them harsh condition and so on . india,china,so called islamic country will stand as leaders in currption. |
Gurdeep
10th November 2010 |
Let us put the horse before the cart, the Government of India headed by it's politicians is corrupt. By design they do not have a proper referee (courts and legislation ) to punish the corrupt people. Most of them will be the first candidates to be found guilty by an efficient legal system.
There can not be existence of democracy without effective legal system, because vigilance can be effective through smooth, efficient and prompt court operation to have true effective democracy. Without vigilance there is no democracy.It will not cost even two percent of the budget to bring this change. We do not need to import anything to bring this change. It is costing us huge loss in time , money and agony. The ugly sore thumb of society like Naxalite action which to good extent is gaining strength because it's members in some form feel justice has been denied to them.In the given system that is the horrible form of vigilance we want. There is a limit to patience, if that is messed up it results into violence.
Efficient laws and smooth operation of courts is the primary qualification of a democracy otherwise it is a sham. I hope some of the ruling class is looking at what I have written. India can glorify as much as they want, but the truth of the matter is, India has nearly 600 million poor people, much more than the whole continent of Africa. Poverty will not vanish by slogans but by fairness which comes through the efficient legal system. India can easily afford it, not willfully doing so; there is the seed of corruption. |
Nirmala Koppad, India
10th November 2010 |
Corruption is the transaction between giver and taker. If giver exists even taker comes into picture. If giver opposes transaction of corruption disappears by itself. No Giver No Taker. |
Darrin
9th November 2010 |
Wow! Looking at these comments, it is apparent that racism and hate are not an isolated phenomenon. It is global! Change must come from within oneself. Instead of looking at our differences, seek the qualities that bond/unite us as an equal. |
AJ
4th November 2010 |
So in a New Zealand where phoney bishops are allowed to con thousands out of half of their dole money and politicians are allowed to offer citizenship in return for having their houses painted, and to claim it's part of their culture to do this, or steal their office furniture and get away with it, the country still makes #3? Wow, what a world.
I'm surprised Thailand's not lower. Disgustingly corrupt place. |
ngek ngok
2nd November 2010 |
isn't corruption an inherent program in our brain that is part of our survival skills? if so then there is no cure for this disease. |
some
27th October 2010 |
can one explain to me why corruption continues to be practiced despite the measures already put in place. |
Jack
27th October 2010 |
Finally, the Transparency International prove itself that it is a corrupted organization, and forgot ranking itself. |
Shahid
26th October 2010 |
I think india should be no. 1 becoz these hindus have dominated whole country and there z no place for minorties. |
G Dude
26th October 2010 |
No country or nation is incorruptable! corruption is in all the countries if its at street level it's visible in other places its on higher level where millions are paid out. 99% of the politicians no matter what country they from have engaged in corruption in their life time and they do it in very sophisticated way. MP Expense scandal in UK is one example! In USA they do it in big way, old men with young girls in Washington DC hotels tells the whole story. |
ayitimon
26th October 2010 |
A few years ago I had just returned from a week of painstaking work to get 100% donated, humanitarian supplies out of customs in Haiti after they were siezed at the airport. It was clear from the get-go that if we paid off the right customs agent, we could retrieve our items. We met with top government officials and sat in office after office of powerful folks, but hours would pass with us still sitting in offices, and then nothing would happen - I guarantee this was because we weren't greasing any palms with money along the way. Did I mention that the only way we got into any office was when we could find someone we knew who knew someone else higher up the food chain. Finally, a very kind government official allowed us to get our bags for a fee of $1200 US, which was supposedly for customs taxes. As we went to get our belongings, we were surrounded by customs agents asking us for items out of the bags for themselves and their families. I have been working in Haiti for many years, and I love the country dearly. What I don't love is how corrupt the system is - usually to the extreme detriment of the majority of the population living in extreme poverty, without even the most basic of needs met. When I returned home from that trip I was researching something online and saw a link to the most corrupt countries, and out of curiosity I thought I would look to see if Haiti was on the list. It was not only there, but was number 1, which I was surprised by in theory, but not at all surprised by given my experiences there. I am glad to see that it is not quite as high on the list, but hope that this isn't just because everywhere else is becoming more corrupt as well. In any event, it is overwhelming to imagine ridding the Haitian government (including police force and lower level employees such as customs agents) of such corruption, and quite difficult to think of a concievable paradigm shift in the organizational culture that might quel the continuation of this corruption. |
michael
26th October 2010 |
i think the ranking is pertinent and believeable |
SOJAN KURIAKOSE
26th October 2010 |
I am not comenting on this table. but one thing is pretty sure. curruption is omnipresent and it is more than what we think. no one has the right to say Somalia or any other country is most corrupted.I am a Britsh Citizen, I wouldnt down play my country, but I would say no society is better than any other society. |
Abdul Qayyum Qureshi
26th October 2010 |
I do not agree. Pakistan must rank within first 10 most corrupt nations of this planet. In this country corruption is at its peak and justice is sold by kilos. A country created only for elite class and corrupt people. |
man abroad
26th October 2010 |
Croatia should be much higher than 70th! Just come and live here, see for yourself. |
Kiwibloke
25th October 2010 |
Good to see New Zealand up near the top! In another survey it is number one. I'm proud to be a New Zealander! We are incorruptible! |
Arockiaraj
24th October 2010 |
Corruption is there all the countries. But in developing countries like India it is at all levels. That is the problem. Everybody from clerk to Collector does corruption. In France and UK, the corruption is at the Collector or at the senior officers level so it does not impact the ordinary citizen. |
mike yorn
23rd October 2010 |
i seen india corrupt accoding to every aspects find corrupt but ranking is not satisfying amend it but pakistan is little bit up of ur ranking |
Madhu
22nd October 2010 |
Guess, the corrupt nations used corruption to corrupt even these rankings! |
shul
16th October 2010 |
Firstly To Aliver Wilson.I feel sorry for you. You must be exhausted, for being ignorant is pure laziness. Corruption cannot be counted. A man in Istanbul has a completely different idea of corruption to a man in the DRC. It's terrible, but sometimes charts, scales and definitions cannot be mapped out. Power corrupts people, no matter how good their intentions. In the words of Kurt Cobain, "The duty of the youth is to battle corruption". That's just my opinion. |
jimmy
15th October 2010 |
88 india nightmare*** must be below chad man!!
coz the slogan blasts here is "Corruption-o-Corruption" |
corruptio.blog.com
13th October 2010 |
The Swedisgh regime in Stockholm is the most corrupted state!
Follow the Swedish politics and arms industry BOFORS/SAAB DYNAMICS and you will see bribes, mass murder, Afghan heroin trade and much more criminal activities. |
Troy
11th October 2010 |
its true, Im from bangkadesh. Here the policemen take bribe which is even lower than 5 pence. And its rare to find anyone here who is'nt corrupt. But I truly belive this will change soon towards betterment by Gods grace. And i ask you all to The Amighty fo my Beloved motherland Bangladesh. |
parkash singh badal (indian)
10th October 2010 |
i does' not say about country but in punjab the rate of corruption is come down in last 10 years which may decrease in the future. |
jayadeepan chellath
7th October 2010 |
corruption is the way of living for westerners in upper levels and eatern people in lower level with high visibility. in the western world they spend 100 million and get job done for 10 million . where as in india they spent 10 million and get job done in 1 million . the only difference is west make sure they do their job with lots of millions. if we do have money our politician will do the job with 3% of the corruption as a westerner makes. by the way china and india are most corrupt country but they seems to have their own way of getting things done with corruption compare to africa . middle east spend laboriously and family members get a lots of pay but jobs get done. ultimately india and china are the winners |
Villa
7th October 2010 |
I always thought that Mexico was waaaaaay more corrupted. Now I fell terrible for all the other countries below Mexico. The situation there must be crazy!!
Dunno why, but I believed that Japan was the least corrupt country on the world, you know because they believe in honor. |
Indian from India
7th October 2010 |
In my view England is most currupted country in the world , the reason is they are the masters of curruption. They had shown path to people of other countries , how to Loot,bribe and become curruptionists. |
Qaim
5th October 2010 |
Corruption nowadays is booming in each and every Government ministeries,Department,Authorities,Bodies and you just name it, in fact these Governmental institutions have formed a sort of Corruption Carterls.Since the rate and pace of corruption is increasing immensely and only a common citizen of Pakistan is the victim I strongly suggest that there must be some World Body where a victim can narrate his/her ordeal and seek some sort of relief.Hope due importance would be given to this suggestion. |
Amod
29th September 2010 |
I agree that this is a list of countries that best record their corruption.
Also I want to appeal to all the people of India that stop crying about corruption it starts from you the people and only you can stop it It has became an habit here in India to cry cry and cry off cource there are and there will be few exception.
for god sake stop crying about everything. Like some one said while freedom "Its important what you do for your country and not the other way round."
start from you and corruption will stop. |
iSpyTae
27th September 2010 |
I was in Iceland recently. Ironically, the locals had a much different outlook on their government than what's stated here. |
adya
17th September 2010 |
India is the most coruupted country in the world. if not that, then at least 1 of d most corrupted ones. it should'nt
have been on no 88, it totally deserves to be somewhere in the 150s |
Santhosh Kumar
16th September 2010 |
The list seems to be accurate especially when it comes to India. I know you can not change the whole world in one day but I strongly feel things are getting better in India. Not sure which airport you landed in, but I landed in Hyderabad in my last two visits and I haven't seen any corruption there.
Let me give you one simple example from my own life:
In 2004, when I went to India, the customs officer demanded "Xamount" as bribe for an electronic item I was importing into the country. The second option was to pay "2.5 times of Xamount" as official import duty. I opted for the second one.
I would question myself before pointing out - What have I done to reduce corruption? As long there are givers there will be takers.
My two cents. |
jeetendra
14th September 2010 |
india had a high level of corruption in comparison to others........
we i,e general public of the country are equally responsible......apart from discussing the problem we should step 4ward to protect our pride........ |
Anon
8th September 2010 |
There is something awry with these stats. The most corrupt of countries, I.e. South Africa, Mexico, Somalia, don't feature at all at the top of the list. What we have here is a list of countries that best record their corruption. |
Ankit
8th September 2010 |
There is corruption very where in India. I am bit surprised to see India at 88, rather it should be somewhere at 140's.
From Police to doctors, government officials, mayor all are corrupted. Visit KOLKATA AND HOWRAH for more such nuisance. |
JAY PATEL
4th September 2010 |
INDIA SHOULD BE AT 1ST RANK IN 2020 AS A DEVELOPEMENT,TECHNOLOGICAL,BUSINESS,EDUCATION,ECONOMICAL,COMMERCIAL,INDUSTRIAL,AGRICULTURE FIELD. |
shivangi
4th September 2010 |
at another website, i found that chad was in the list of 'THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES'.
but here i found chad was the least corrupted country!
how it can be possible then????? |
James
2nd September 2010 |
As the people from the corrupt countries spread around the world (Africans, Indians, Pakistanis etc.) They will corrupt the remainder of the world. With fake degrees, qualifications and references; stolen money; scams etc. they will be able to squeak by any immigration selection and end up in less corrupt countries where they will proceed to spread their corruption. I did work in UAE once, a supposedly Moslem country. Prostitution and alcohol were more widespread than any other place, except perhaps Thailand and possibly Amsterdam. Arab and Asian countries seem particularly corrupt with hypocrites at the top enforcing laws on others that they dont practice. |
zokki
1st September 2010 |
I cannot believe this report. By any definition, Pakistan stands first in corruption. From the frauds in Flood & Earthquake relief funds to the bribes in cricket team, the corruption is well penetrated in the roots of this nation. Not only Pakistan stands first among most corrupt nations but it is at least 50 points ahead from the second positioned country. |
naveen
30th August 2010 |
where is india must be on the top of the list where a in common wealth games itself ministers squeezes up around 40000 crores INR equivalent to around 8-9 billion dollors. |
Indian Tata
25th August 2010 |
In India, corruption starts from the moment you step out from the plane and enter the immigration check point. Countries with corruption rating level 5.0 or higher, it starts at high governmental/official level. The only difference is the value of graft. Whether it's Ten Rupees or USD10 Million, corruption happens everywhere. As long there's a giver, there will be a taker and vice-versa. |
N.Ramasubramayan
18th August 2010 |
I am proud of India's growth in so many sectors. But the level of corruption is unimaginable.It can lead to a civil war one day. |
Gayatri
16th August 2010 |
How can India be where it is...this must be data in the descending order?!!! Iceland indulges in corruption with who....the polar bears?! Don'e take it away from us Indians that's our only claim to fame...look at the scam of the CWG Games, the IPL cricket scam and what have you. |
ashok kumar
16th August 2010 |
India is not so clean as is shown in this survey. It should be in TOP
TEN in the world. |
Tony from Finland
13th August 2010 |
This list is accurate. USA is more corrupted than 16 countries, 11 of which are European countries. |
Priyanka from India
6th August 2010 |
First thing for everyone the list starts from least corrupt countries to most corrupt countries.
I believe that every country has corruption but its on individual that how we handle it. We as common man give chance to corruption to rise in our country. And every one thinks I have the most sorrows than any other human being on this earth- so u all from different countries think that your own country is the most corrupted from others because you have experienced it only in your own country. So try to find that on what criteria this data was collected and then blame those human beings who worked on it. |
nikhil .p.g
3rd August 2010 |
this is the starting of wrong things,later some year evil people exist at every where.And our world will go into the mouth of die. |
RG-Texas
30th July 2010 |
I think since there are more corrupt countries than the those at the top with .9 and .8, all the corrupt countries should get rid of all the not-so-corrupt ones. That way, pretty soon, Chad, the most corrupt country will be right on top.
Go Chad! |
Ashok
29th July 2010 |
I think the list itself is corrupted. I can say that India is the most corrupt country in the world, if not in TOp 3, it is definitely in the Top 10...not sure of the procedure to shortlist here. |
Khalil
20th July 2010 |
This list is from least corrupt to most corrupt or reverse? I think the no1 is least corrupt |
philippines on 2010
18th July 2010 |
wo-wo-wow! is it really true??$$$ |
Quazi Ahmed Hussain
10th July 2010 |
Yeah, the list is little confusing. Many readers thought that number 1 in the list is most corrupt. But reality is just the reverse. So, it should have been mentioned that it is in order of least corrupt.
Corruption is there everywhere. In some countries it is more controlled than others. |
Nag
8th July 2010 |
I am surprised to see my country in 88 position ... I think India would be in top position but its wrong ..only GOD save my country ..I am very happy with this..... |
Nag
8th July 2010 |
i am surprised to see India in 88th place ... I think my country will be in top position but its not true...i am so happy with this one...only GOD save my country... |
Indian
6th July 2010 |
I am an Indian and I am surprised to see in 88!! It should be somewhere beyound 150! Our buerecratic system is the most corrupt in the world! Only god can save the country! |
Tay
5th July 2010 |
I think this graph is exactly right. Corruption is not just an economic issue. It's also a matter of morals, war, and crime. As far as I'm concerned, porn being a part of a culture is a lot better than 10 year olds running around the street with Ak47's blowing people's heads off, or tribes that kidnap, torture, and rape tourists. This whole comment thread just proves that the most corrupt countries have also managed to corrupt their citizens brains. |
jt
3rd July 2010 |
where is Mexico ? |
John
1st July 2010 |
New Zealand has corruption there is no way our country should be so far up this list. Many of our politicians act as if they are honest however the overspend and abuse ministerial privileges. The main reason that New Zeland is not regarded as a corrupt country is probably due to our isolation and therefore difficulty to accurately probe.
That's just my view though I am sure our glorious leaders do not feel the same way. |
Cklien
18th June 2010 |
Just a query on the above list... who is corrupt is it them and not us or me... I think it all starts with you and me!
If you where in their positions does it mean you would be any different? |
bobby
1st June 2010 |
think you mean U.S.A should be at the bottom of the list? |
cheese
26th May 2010 |
what is the graph out of? or is it a percentage |
The other way around
16th May 2010 |
10 is least corrupt and 0 most corrupt. |
The right is in the middle
5th May 2010 |
I still do not understand the way you guys give such position in the corruption podium. Looking around, I can see that nations I was expecting more corrupted in the core, are instead resulting much longer "clean" than other I was expecting worst. I do not keep out the possibility that I might be wrong, however I would have considered also other factors.
For example, there are nations as wide as mine and even wider, but with only a tenth of population in comparison to mine. The geo location, which surely helps, in the best of cases, immigrants to come easier, instead of other nations located in the corners of the world.
...So I would expect there are deep studies behind the index!? |
asantewaa
4th May 2010 |
please can someone explain why Ghana was ranked before Nigeria because we all know Nigeria to be the most corrupted nation in west Africa |
Buddy
4th May 2010 |
We all know that the U.S.A should be at the top of that list |
LGholm
28th April 2010 |
The corruption and the monetary deficit go hand-in-hand, just compare the Scandinavian countries with the S&P financially downrated Southern European countries. |
US and Middle East
15th April 2010 |
Saudi Arabia is corrupt, but no more than many others like America or other Middle Eastern countries
The laws against alcohol, porn, prostitution, and the public knowledge and the display of these are a front for the wealthy to control the masses and get drunk, use porn, have sex with prostitutes behind closed doors and on abroad trips for business and/or vacation.
Corporations run the world, government and the spiritually enlightened (church, mosque, etc) help control the masses and facilitate their agendas.
Hypocrites need not respond due to the inherent blindness to their foundationless speeches on human standards and lifestyle. |
clockwheelblog
13th April 2010 |
now.... malaysian government is 50/50 corruption. but i think is more corruption right now. |
Nair
11th April 2010 |
A lot of you people have clearly not read what the index stands for. The ranking is in the increasing order with corruption. A higher CPI means lower corruption and hence a higher rank. India is rightly placed. There IS a lot of corruption in India. |
meanup
2nd April 2010 |
They must have bribed the people who came to collect data |
mr. keee
26th March 2010 |
India chould be some between 1 to 10 not 88. |
Talen Storla
19th March 2010 |
A thought.
What is considered corrupt in one culture may not be considered corrupt in another which makes any kind of direct comparison extremely difficult.
The fact that something might be "technically legal" doesn't mean it isn't corrupt in practice. |
michael
17th March 2010 |
is this list that i have just witness now realy accurate and realible, and if so how come botswana's corruption rate is higher than namibias one and how come is nigeria not on the list? |
??
12th March 2010 |
Is it possible to get this list for past years and not just the most recent. And if so how would one go about doing that? |
Ageless+Wonder
8th March 2010 |
Firstly, thank you NastionMaster for expending money and time to gather the data which you have. You have been around for some time now... a few years ago your data was becoming rusty, but now, you seem to have caught up again; congratulations.
OK. to some of the people who take offense to the data. NationMaster is unbiased. Yes, they use markers and quotients to assess and arrive at the useful data they supply; however, that is not an opportunity to take things personal. I have had the fortunate circumstance to either have lived or visited a number of the countries on this list and have my own opinions about what worked and what did not. As you can see from the list... ALL countries have corruption... even Iceland. Iceland did NOT score a perfect 10!
Iran, Syria, Saudi, Kuwait, the United States, and a significant amount of other countries are corrupt. The most disrespectful countries I have ever lived are Bahrain, Iran, Denmark, United States, Bahamas, Kuwait, Saudi, United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Egypt, Italy, and Argentina.
The degrees of DISRESPECT vary with Bahamas and the Arab countries being the WORSE!!! When one is unable to do what one chooses, wishes without constant and perpetual harassment because the culture of the people are unreasonable, and defiant among those who may not share their views, that too is corruption. Corruption is not only nepotism and theft; it is also emotional, mental, physical, and Spiritual abuse.
We can all benefit where we are by this report from NationMaster. Wherever anyone is in the world and on this list, do what you can to improve the situation in your country not find fault with NationMaster because they reported the reality. |
Ageless Wonder
7th March 2010 |
Firstly, thank you NastionMaster for expending money and time to gather the data which you have. You have been around for some time now... a few years ago your data was becoming rusty, but now, you seem to have caught up again; congratulations.
OK. to some of the people who take offense to the data. NationMaster is unbias. Yes, they use markers and quotients to assess and arrive at the useful data they supply; however, that is not an opportunity to take things personal. I have had the fortunate circumstance to either have lived or visited a number of the countries on this list and have my own opionions about what worked and what did not. As you can see from the list... ALL countries have corruption... even Iceland. Iceland did NOT score a perfect 10!
Iran, Syria, Saudi, Kuwait, the United States, and a significant about of other countries are corrupt. The most disrespectful countries I have ever lived are: Bahrain, Iran, Denmark, United States, Bahamas, Kuwait, Saudi, United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Egypt, Italy, and Argentina.
The degrees of DISRESPECT vary with Bahamas and the Arab countries being the WORSE!!! When one is not able to do what one chooses, wishes without constant and perpetual harassment because the culture of the people are unreasonable, and defiant among those who may not share their views, that too is corruption. Corruption is not only nepotism and theft; it is also emotional, mental, physical, and Spiritual abuse.
We can all benefit where we are by this report from NationMaster. Wherever anyone is in the world and on this list, do what you can to improve the situation in your country not find fault with NationMaster because they reported the reality. |
Barry
7th March 2010 |
Indonesia is the 4th most populous country in the world and consistently ranks near the bottom of the the 'corruption perception index' according to people surveyed in a society with cultural beliefs which often encourage people to accept practices which are clearly corrupt without identifying them as such.
It is worth noting that apart from being blessed with a large population, Indonesia has a wealth of natural resource which, to date, have availed the people of Indonesia with little change to their desperate economic conditions. Nevertheless, even leaving aside Indonesia's huge black economy, the economy as reported still makes Indonesia's GDP larger than that of Thailand and Malaysia combined.
It would be very interesting to see how Indonesia ranked if the corruption perception index was correlated with GDP. I saddens me to speculate that any ranking of the corruption perception index against GDP would see Indonesian fall to the very bottom of world corruption rankings and occupy a class of its own.
I wonder what real chance there is to fight corruption in Indonesia when for the most part there is little political will to do so and certainly little that can be used by those with the required will to fight against the elite who benefit from fully entrenched corruption, collusion and nepotism in every branch of governance and private enterprise.
It is hard for a man with dirty hands to wash his face without washing his hands first! The "rule of law" has yet to make an appearance in this long suffering archipelago. As long as all facets of the administration of justice remain "transactional," the powers of darkness who would perpetuate a corrupt system will prevail and the corrupted elite will share the spoils with their foreign and domestic corruptors.
Learned treatises produced in ivory towers by NGO's and other institutions, often financed by corporate endowments, will do little to change the reality of corruption in resource rich emerging economies without a grass roots anti-corruption movement. Indeed, there is considerable evidence that the architects of corrupt governance in emerging economies tend to reside within the corporate and public infrastructure of 1st those world nations who have historically benefited the most from corrupt 3rd world regimes. (see: Perkins, John, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Penguin 2006)
The sad reality is that when it comes to corruption in 3rd world countries and emerging economies, there is very little good news. |
Matthias Beirens
4th March 2010 |
@ Saudi Arabia, I have a lot of respect for your country and it's people and have a lot of friends who are from Riyadh and Jeddah. But the corruption index has nothing to do with whether there is porn on the streets or not. I am aware that your country is very clean. But corruption is about the ability to bribe people. I presume that you are also aware that some people in your country are aloud to do more then others because of money. We all know that for example a lot of the princes (not saying all of them) drink alcohol. at least abroad, cause I have seen them doing it here in Europe. But I have also heard from many friends, that they also have it at their home in Saudi Arabia, normally they would be arrested cause it's against sharia law, but they aren't because they have power to influence (=corruption)
Also when you want to open a company in saudi arabia let's say mac donalds, it's a lot harder, cause one prince can say that he doesn't want it if he doesn't get let's say 50% of the shares. And then it won't be opened. This is another example of corruption |
theCORRUPTEDsoul
28th February 2010 |
James, the staff editor, does make a very good point....that is, the economic state of a country has a fairly direct relationship with how corrupted it is....it makes sense |
Mr.Brazil
21st February 2010 |
@Mr.Kanada, much of what you said is to be agreed. There is a part where you say, "What credibility the UK politicians have today? or the Spanish ones? the corruption on those countries is at the highest levels of the political system and therefore at corporation level." That I don't quite agree with. If there is something that helps me enjoy life is cleaness - in the streets, in people's minds, in business and especially in governments - so I pay close attention to the 'cleaness levels' everywhere I go.
I would never say that the UK peoples or the government are prone to corruption in any way. Quite the opposite. I've lived in the UK and can't say that I know everything there (not even the Brits do, obviously). Even though I can say that I know 'a bit' of the Brittish reality. I know many Spanish people as well, and as the govt is a reflection of the people and their culture, I guess Spanish people as a race are quite clean, if you compare them to South American peoples/cultures (I'm an Italo-brazilian).
I'd say the more power the people have (and knowledge is a big part of it) the less 'funny' the politicians tend to get. The more ignorant the people, the bigger the leeway for corruption. That simple IMO.
I've lived also in New Zealand... It's like Paradise (with expenses from hell). What a country. It must be THE best two pieces of land floating in the whole globe. |
Shock
14th February 2010 |
Incredible to see UK, Spain in such high perception levels, this stats are not accurate for 2009/2010. What credibility the UK politicians have today? or the Spanish ones? the corruption on those countries is at the highest levels of the political system and therefore at corporation level. A new survey should be conducted. Additionally it is interesting to see in countries like Spain how the population keep supporting corrupted politicians, the Spanish society is showing signs of immaturity and lack of judgment to choose properly their liders, that will cost them a lot of pain in the future. |
hosh mohammad shaikh
10th February 2010 |
im pakistani & im a muslim so in islam corruption is strictly prohibited we belive in democracy |
aman miglani
24th January 2010 |
corruption affects a country in numerous way.the world bank agrees that corruption "increases public investment while decreasing its quality and productively",leaving the government less money to invest infrastructure, health and education.higher levels of corruption also dissuade companies from investing in a country , further hindering economic development. |
Jimmy
23rd January 2010 |
From what I've gathered due to the economic crash on Iceland and certain things that have come to light there, they live in one of the most corrupted nations in Europe. |
Curroption
20th January 2010 |
Enjoy corruption, just chill on others money,
Curropt people are like......... They just wanna money, no care about its source. OK, let them enjoy life and poor people have to enjoy by just looking them in mercedes and BMW, by saying: "What a beautiful car and lady in car" |
Prashant
15th January 2010 |
Dr. Anil Khari: Please read the definition below the chart:
10 means highly clean and
0 means highly corrupt
Therefore, Iceland is free of corruption and Chad is most corrupt. |
DR, Engineer (T&T)
7th January 2010 |
Trinidad and Tobago is extremely corrupted. Those in power hold on to it for dear life and keep surpressing their own people. They walk around and campaign to get votes and then spit on the very people who put them in office. It starts with the prime minister who fills his pocket, lives in a palace and throws a blind eye on the citizenry. His miniters have a simple task - follow the leader. |
Nazerbayev
4th January 2010 |
Americans you want see real corruption take a trip to Kazakhstan! |
Blobjun
30th December 2009 |
You should invert the statistics, it's severely misleading. See your source below the chart. |
Tony
28th December 2009 |
Hows bout we end the 24% of corruption occuring in the United States Government that this list so proudly boasts. I'm only in the 8th grade and now I am wondering why people are saying the vaccine I got is not good for me and not long term tested. I even heard this virus was man made in Europe and mistakes where made in Mexico City causing the virus to kill the weak and young. I am confused because I thought we where the best nation on the planet and now I learn we have corruption going on in a fully developed nation? Theres probably not that much corruption but I would feel safer if the stats where better looking then this!
I thought adults where supposed to be responsible with their money! |
soukaina
27th December 2009 |
corruption is a phenomina must be iliminted.........and so on |
Nishant
26th December 2009 |
Dr. Anil Khari, M.D.
r u true indian did u see other countries goverment Corruption rate. i know india has corruption but now days our goverment will try to cut down. m currently livivng in U.K. nd here is more corruption. |
Dr. Anil Khari, M.D.
25th December 2009 |
Is India rightly placed in ranking? It should be placed further high up in ranking as there is massive Corruption in India, but far lower than Pakistan. |
Vincent
2nd December 2009 |
geez... i can't believe it that USA and Singapore more corrupt than Indonesia! |
Taka No
27th November 2009 |
Some people on this site, like shittu, say that the American system is imposed on countries, and this makes the countries corrupt. Shittu and others are in a real DREAM WORLD. What countries have an imposed American system? If they have the American system, then they have trial by jury, freedom of speech and press, and elections that are generally free. Plus, religious fanatics do not control things! |
A Person
17th November 2009 |
Hasib,
Maybe you should redefine your definition of corruption. Is it because these industrialized countries were so corrupt that these events happened? I do not agree with your comment. |
Samuel
17th November 2009 |
this answer is for HASIB...
if you look closely at the top 3 countries..New Zealand is there..New Zealand has done nothing wrong..It sets a good example for the so called Industrial countries..It still remains the only Nuclear free country..never parcitipated in any recent wars..stays away from all world politics..Im assuming your of Arab descent..now thats where all corruption is..Slavery is healthy in all Gulf countries..
All projects in the UAE is built by slavery! |
nya
1st November 2009 |
i thought indonesia was the highest. |
luis medina
31st October 2009 |
well to me all country are corrupt. |
kunal
16th October 2009 |
who is written india in middle.its the nmbr one currupt country |
Bill Wells
22nd September 2009 |
I think that the worst thing about our system of government in the USA is that our leaders LEGALIZE and PROMOTE corruption, as is evident with lobbyists. Also, our elected leaders enact laws that make it difficult to unseat them; they think that, once elected, its a lifetime job. Many, or most, of our congressmen/women are lawyers and they enact laws favoring their legal cronies. I could go on and on, but this is enough for now. |
Alberta
5th September 2009 |
Hi. Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
I am from Italy and also now teach English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "There have been existing income way shares that have traded in the space of banks of sellers and broker trade on a fair money."
THX :-(, Alberta. |
Joe
2nd September 2009 |
Its a bit confusing, but the higher the score the less perceived corruption. So yes, the lower the rank the more corrupt. See their definition below the rankings. |
auranghuma khan
14th August 2009 |
i see my country as less corrupt according to you but the ground facts are different.in pakistan every thing is for sale if you have the price.on a lower lavel and specially on the higher lavels.here you can pay even to play with the state affairs.only 2.5 % people is rulling the country from 1947 and they are still rulling the country in shape of the offsprings,they just made a contitutiona change that an under gruduate person can become the presedent or prime manister of the country.isn,t this a shame for us? |
Loren
10th August 2009 |
So are the countries towards the bottom rankings, the most corrupt? |
Donald E. Iiams, Jr.
17th July 2009 |
DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S CORRUPT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
July 4, 2009
Whereas the corrupt American Federal Government has committed repeated acts of war against the people of the United States of America; Therefore be it Resolved by Donald E. Iiams, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America; that a state of war between Donald E. Iiams, Jr., and any and all of the citizens of the United States of America who want to change the corrupt Federal Government we now have to the Federal Government described in The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, War is hereby formally declared. The people of the United States of America are hereby authorized and directed by our creator to employ any and all resources to bring the conflict to a successful termination.
Under the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, most importantly our Creator, I along with the American people have the right, the duty and the obligation to over throw our corrupt Federal Government and install the trustworthy, upright, law-abiding, honorable Federal Government we are worthy of. Our famous preamble includes the ideas and ideals that were principles of the Declaration. It is also an assertion of what is known as the "right of revolution": that is, people have certain rights, and when a government violates these rights, the people have the right to "alter or abolish" that government.[71]
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
List of a number of the abuses and usurpations committed against Donald E. Iiams, Jr., by Local, State and the Federal Government: Greatly compressed version.
City of Rossford, Ohio. (1975?) The City Council for Rossford while in a Council meeting, after being slandered by their retired Chief of Police, now a councilman, the then current Mayor Ben pleaded with me in the hall after I walked out, to forget suing the City for slander and just please allow the Councilman/retired Chief of Police to apologize to me in front of everyone attending the Council meeting and allow the City to issue a Land fill permit to Landfill Management Corporation which I created, was the President and owned the majority of stock. After listening to the Mayor’s pleases and his guarantee that there would be no future retaliation if I agreed to accept the permit, I agreed and accepted.
In retaliation for this and other illegal actions to be committed by the City Council and the new Mayor of Rossford, I was arrested the first time for accepting illegal dirt which no one in the City Government could or would explain exactly what it was and how it was illegal. After being accused and arrested by the new Mayor of Rossford in bib overhauls, when I appeared in Court, the Mayor was the Judge. My Attorney Arthur James, before being bribed or bought off, explained to the Mayor/Judge that he could not be the accuser, assist in the arrest and be the Judge, Jury and Executioner. Even though the Mayor/Judge was up for a hanging, his charges were dropped.
The next time the new Mayor of Rossford and or the City council had illegal evidence planted in the landfill, had someone call the City’s Prosecutors home on a weekend evening and supposedly turn this violation in to him. Without contacting the City’s police department or obtaining a search warrant, the Prosecutor went to and entered the landfill to supposedly find a cardboard box filled with a new full gas can, several bags of chemicals acids and hundreds of books of matches. It looked like some type of homemade bomb. The following day I was arrested for the second time along with Mr. Norman VanTassel, my uncle and a minority investor along with being a qualified heavy equipment mechanic, was arrested. This time, instead of the new Mayor Louie Bauer and the Chief of Police Matt arresting me the Chief of Police arrested both. After arriving at the Rossford City Building, City Hall, Police Station, Court building, City Council Center, Mayor’s Office and the hyena squad which was located in some unknown black hole in the building, within moments of arriving the Mayor came in the police office and asked if we would care to see the evidence he now had against us. Our response was yes, please show us.
The Mayor of Rossford, the Chief of Police, my Uncle and I followed the Mayor into the Court room which had a walk in closet. Sitting on a small table was a new cardboard box filled with a new gas can full of gas, several bags of chemicals acids and hundreds of books of matches. I immediately asked what it was and where did they find this. The Mayors reply was that they got it out of the landfill on top of one of the piles that a forty foot semi had dumped. My next question was did they have a search warrant; the Mayors response was that they did not need one. I thought to myself that here we go again. Knowing that the kangaroos were jumping, I attempted to reason with the Mayor but he would not listen. The Mayor and Mr. VanTassel walked out of the closet into the Court room while I tried to make sense with the Chief of Police. I asked him what he thought the odds were of a 40’ semi truck dumping all that debris and having this box come out and land on the top of the pile clean and unscaved. The box had no marks or even any dirt on it. I explained to the Chief of Police that no one would believe this in a Court of Law and when we were found not guilty we would file a enormous law suit against them. The Chief of Police told me that there was nothing that he could do because he works for the Mayor.
I then noticed my uncle and the Mayor nose to nose in a heated conversation. Too heated for me and the last thing we needed were the Mayor and my uncle going to blows. I walked out into the Court room and walked up on the side of my uncle and the Mayor, put my left hand on my uncles chest to back him off a little and I was going to say, don’t worry about this punk kid we will take care of him in Court. When I said the words punk kid, the Mayor lost all sensibility and slammed his hands against my chest in some type of wrestling move knocking me back through several rows of chairs. The Mayor then ran around the rows of chairs with his fist doubled up to punch me. My first thought was to knock him out but decided it would be better for us if I just took the punch. The Chief of Police came out of the closet screaming at the Mayor to stop, which he did. I then told the both of them that as soon as we were released we were going to the City of Perrysburg where there was a real Judge and Police department and that I was going to file assault charges against the Mayor. As soon as we were released that is exactly what we did.
City of Perrysburg, Ohio. (1975?) Within 20 minutes of being released we arrived at the City of Perrysburg’s City hall, Police department, Prosecutors office, Court room, Judges Chambers, etc. I asked to speak with the Prosecutor and was met by Mr. Dunapace who promptly told us that he would not get involved in the battle between the Mayor of Rossford and us. In dismay, I could not believe that the Prosecutor could make any type of decision without speaking with us first. Every time I attempted to speak with him, he would not budge. He then told us that he had already spoken with someone about the situation, meaning that he had already had someone from Rossford contact him and somehow convinced him to stay away from this. I then asked the Prosecutor, who was his superior because I would file the charges with whoever that was. I asked to speak with that person because I was not walking away from this just because he would not prosecute. (Common sense dictates that if nothing happened in Rossford, how they would know that I was going there and what the charges should be against the Mayor.)
We were then introduced to Judge Spear. After being allowed to explain what had transpired in the City of Rossford, the Judge said that he would not have the Mayor arrested but he would hold a preliminary hearing and then decide if he would have the Mayor charged with assault. We agreed. Before this hearing we discovered that we were being charged with accepting hazardous materials, Rossford’s planted evidence and the trial would be held in Perrysburg. We were not concerned because no one, and I mean no one in their right mind would ever believe that the box with its contents could have ever been dumped in a landfill and be in perfect condition. We were wrong. We were never offered a trial by jury and Judge (Spear) just happened to be the one in a trillion that would believe their story, and even though there was no search warrant or Miranda rights given, we were found guilty and fined. Before we were dismissed I put my hand up and requested to be allowed to make a statement to the Judge which he allowed even thought my Attorney, Art James refused to make the statement himself. I explained to the Judge that I would have this appealed and over turned, and that I now knew that he was as corrupt as the City of Rossford officials. I also refused to pay the fine. Judge (Spear) could have not cared less; he accomplished what the City of Rossford wanted him to do. The City of Rossford then revoked our permit.
Shortly after this hearing I was advised that the Preliminary hearing was being held and what time to arrive. When I arrived there was Judge (Spear) sitting on the bench. Before he started I put my hand up and requested to make a statement which he allowed again. I told him with all due respect, I know and he knew that he was crooked and if he were allowed to be the Judge for the hearing, it would be another crooked hearing. Judge (Spear) this time became upset and stated that he was requesing himself from the hearing and I would be assigned another Judge. Shortly after we were advised that an Oregon, Ohio Judge, Judge Wetly was assigned to hold the Preliminary hearing in Perrysburg and the date and time. When we arrived my uncle and I explained to the Judge what had taken place in Rossford. The Mayor and the Chief of Police then went into the Judge and gave their story. After hearing both, the Judge made the decision to have the Mayor charged with assault and take the issue to trial in front of him.
When this trial was held in Perrysburg, I walked into the Court room to find Judge (Spear) back on the bench after he had requested himself earlier. I then walked up and introduced myself to the Prosecutor, David Bauer, with the same last name as the Mayor of Rossford, as well as he was from Lucas County not Wood County where the assault took place. The Mayor of Rossford had also been the Lucas Counties Head Prosecutors election manager. I inquired why he was prosecuting this case instead of a prosecutor from Wood County and why I had never met or spoke with him before the trial. He was prosecuting the Mayor of Rossford not the Bag Lady. I then explained to him that Judge (Spore) had requested himself earlier from judging this hearing so how could he be allowed to hear the case now? The Prosecutors response was for me to sit down and shut up, this was his trial.
At this point I knew exactly how fixed this trial was going to be; and was. After the Mayor and the Chief of Police in Rossford testified, it was my turn. The moment I sat in the seat to testify, the Prosecutor explains that he only wants me to answer yes or no to his questions. Every time I attempted to explain anything, I was told by the Prosecutor, the defense Attorney and the Judge to just answer yes or no. That’s it. Without me being able to explain to the jury what had taken place and why it happened, the Mayor was without a doubt found not guilty. My Attorney Art James told me not to be concerned. He was filing a $4.1 million dollar suit against the City, the Mayor and officials of Rossford. He was also appealing the revocation of our permit along with the findings by Judge (Spears) first hearing along with him filing a complaint with the State on how corrupt this hearing. Art had everything handled.
City of Toledo, Ohio and or Lucas County, Ohio. (1977) In the mean time Art James had won another issue in Court for me along with a $40,000 award which ended up in the appeals Court. In the mean time, without my knowledge Art James had done nothing on the other cases. He had not filed a $4.1 million dollar suit against the City, the Mayor and Officials of Rossford. He had not filed his appeals of the revocation of our permit along with the findings by Judge (Spears) first hearing nor did he file a complaint with the State on how corrupt their hearing was. I found this all out by accident when I met with another Attorney, Dennis Strong on a totally different issue. I was also informed that I had been paid regarding the case in the Appeals Court. I assured Dennis that I had not won the appeal and I was certainly not paid. Dennis then asked that I meet him the first of the next week and he would provide me with a copy of the check I was paid. That Monday when I arrived at Dennis’s office, he handed me the copy of a check for $1400. He explained to me that Art James had not shown up for the Appeal so the amount was reduced from $40,000 plus interest to $1400 and that he had also forged my name to the check and kept the money.
Dennis Strong then called Art James office and put Art on the speaker phone. Dennis then explained to Art James that I was there listening to their conversation and that Dennis knew that Art had not filed any Appeals; he also had not filed the law suit against the Mayor and the City officials of Rossford like he had told me he had filed. In addition he knew that Art had not shown up for the appeal in the $40,000 case and that is why the amount was reduced. Dennis asked Art if he had signed the check with my name and why. Art did not answer for a minute or two then without answering Dennis’s question Art offered to pay me the $40,000 plus the $1400 with 18% interest. I explained to Art James, in front of Dennis Strong, that in no uncertain terms I would not accept the money. I wanted to know who had paid him off to do these things to me and I demanded that he testify against whoever these people were; only then would I allow him to walk away from what he had done. If Art would not agree I would go immediately to the Toledo Police and charge Art with a check forgery which is a felony. Art refused and told me to try and have him arrested.
As soon as I heard this I took the copy of the check Art had forged my name too and went to the check squad at the Toledo Police Department. I spoke with two officers and explained to them what had happened and provided them with the copy of the forged check. They both appeared to know Art James and seemed ecstatic that they were going to be able to arrest and prosecute Art James for this. Before the officers could do anything they had to speak with someone from the Prosecutors Office. Within a half an hour I saw both officers walking up to me with very unpleasant looks on their faces. They walked up and stated to me that they could not accept the charge and that they could not discuss the issue with me any longer. After this took place I immediately went back to Dennis Strong’s office and explained to him what had happened at the Toledo Police Department. Dennis did not seem surprised. He then told me that I should just accept Art’s offer and start over again. At this point it appeared that the Toledo Political System was a corrupt as Rossford and Perrysburg and I had no other option than to accept Art’s offer, which I did. Within several days we signed the contract which gave Art three years to pay me the $40,000 with 18% interest along with Art paying me the $1400 that day.
Over the next three plus years Art had paid around $15,000 but with 18% interest he owed more than $40,000 and I was tired of not being paid. I then called Dennis Strong and told him that I wanted to sue for the balance of what he owed me. Dennis then explained to me that he could not take the case because he was a witness to the agreement so I would need another to sue Art. I then met with Attorney Tom Overley who after reading the contract stated that he take the case on a percentage. Tom Overley said the case should be a lay down case and filed the lawsuit. We then went to what ended up being another rigged trial thanks to our local corrupt Political and Judicial Systems. While we were in the trial, which ended up being in front of another visiting Judge, I explained what happened and why I no other choice than to agree to accept this contract. When Art James testified he stated that he was given no other choice than to agree to the contract. Even though I had explained to the Judge that I did not want the contract Art James offered, I wanted him to tell me who paid him off or I wanted to send him to prison. The Judge found Art James not guilty and attempted to have Dennis Strong disbarred for being a part of the case. After leaving the trial Tom Overley told me that he did not believe most of what I had told him that I was going through with the Government but after having this trial go the way it went, he now believed me. He also told me that this trial was so corrupt that he did not want to take the appeal because he knew he would lose. Tom Overley later told me that he was also an active participant in the Toledo Bar Association and several Attorneys there had told him to stay away from any further involvement with the case.
I wanted Art’s head now. I then received a call from a gentleman who described himself as an Attorney without telling me his name. He explained to me that he knew what Art had done and that I wanted him to pay the price for what he had done to me. He told me that Art James was currently fighting charges filed against him with the Toledo Bar Association that he had used money from two different peoples trust accounts without permission. The gentleman then told me that Art was about to get away with what he did to these people because he had paid back the accounts but stated that if I filed charges against Art with the Toledo Bar Association he would lose his license to practice law. I told the gentleman thank you and proceeded to file the charges. Within a short time of me filing the charge, I learned that Art James had turned in his license and was no longer allowed to practice law thus.
As far as I am concerned, we have nothing less than a totally corrupt Legal System from Judges to Attorneys. The Legal System has little if anything to do with Truth and Justice and 95% of you are nothing less than profession liars and frauds that have turned the system into a sister and brother hood protected by a corrupt Bar Association in an attempt to take as much of the public’s money as the entire Legal System is capable of.
The United States of America and or the Internal Revenue Service. (1975 – 2009) Within a short time of this trial I was contacted by the Internal Revenue Service and told that they were going to audit me. I was not then nor am I now afraid of the Federal Government or any other branch of the Government including our corrupt Judicial System and especially the extortionist IRS. I had done nothing illegal with my new Company; Iiams Painting & Drywall Repair but little did I know of the price I was about to pay for standing up to corrupt government. When the IRS auditor arrived I had all of my company records ready for him to review and audit. After looking at everything he asked if he could take some of the records with him as long as he returned them which I had no problem with. A short time later the records were returned and I also found out that the auditor claimed that I owed $8,700 because he claimed that some of my subcontractors were employees without any reason. He died sometime soon after. Anyhow when I found out, my accountant and I attempted to appeal his decision but the IRS claimed that they did not receive the appeal even though I have a letter from the IRS claiming that they received the appeal in the proper amount of time. Personally, you the IRS are nothing less than EXTORTIONIST.
While I am going through all of this I was also attending the University of Toledo in addition to inventing and Patenting ShuffleBowl, a board game that would go up to Billiard table size if not a little larger while managing Iiams Painting & Drywall; which had a great growth rate yearly. At the same time as meeting with my C.P.A., he strongly suggested that after meeting with the IRS for me that I just pay the $8,700, under protest, and fight with the IRS later. He felt as I did, put all my efforts into ShuffleBowl because our test marketing had done better than I could ever hope. With realistic goals being achieved I would have the money to buy a high price attorney and beat the hell out of the IRS, and I believe they knew it.
I then met with Lena Kirby who worked for Ron (Zilinski) of the Toledo IRS. She told me if I paid the $8,700 under protest, I would be finished with the IRS and they would also give me the GMC box truck they seized from me with guns, not pointed though. I then paid the $8,700 under protest, got the truck returned but Lena Kirby after she accepted the certified check informed me that I now owed another $30,000 plus and they were prepared to aggressively collect it. Without my knowledge the IRS had also put a lien on the ShuffleBowl game thus destroying any meaningful manufacturing and marketing of the games.
You, the IRS, then basically forced me into filing bankruptcy with the hopes of getting a Judge that would hopefully be impartial and finally give me an adequate opportunity to fight back. When my bankruptcy attorney and I appeared before Judge (Spoor) in Federal Court, I explained to the Judge that I had brought a bankruptcy attorney with me to make sure I stayed within the Court rules but I wanted to present my own arguments and evidence which he agreed to allow. I finally felt that I just might receive a fair trial which I strongly believed that I could win. The night before I was scheduled to go to trial the attorney had me come to her office. I thought that I was going there to present my case to her first. When I arrived she did not give me time to explain anything, she informed me that the attorney from the IRS had called her and told her that if I showed up for the trial, the amount I supposedly owed them would be 4 to 5 times higher and I better think of how I would ever be able to pay off that amount with interest of course. She went on to remind me of what I felt the government had been able to do to me so far and asked me why I felt that this trial would be any different. When we appeared before Judge (Spoor) I wanted to tell the Judge that the only reason I was not fighting back further was that the IRS had threatened me, but the attorney would not allow me to say anything.
Now even though I had already sold thousands of the 2’ by 3’ ShuffleBowl games to stores and catalog companies and had met with the Brunswick Corporation who wanted the Billiard Table size ShuffleBowl game for their Worldwide market which was estimated by the Brunswick person I was meeting with to be a 4 to 5 Billon dollar market yearly. The Brunswick gentleman explained to me that it would possibly take a year for them to tie up the deal with me. I explained that I had the issue with the IRS and I hoped that I could hold on that long. Shortly after that I received the notice of sale of the ShuffleBowl game patent by the IRS. That turned out to be the death of the ShuffleBowl Game, the Patent and the ShuffleBowl Corporation.
The IRS had basically killed Iiams Painting & Drywall Repair along with the ShuffleBowl Corporation. I now had to find a job and work for someone else. It turned out that I went to work for Charlie’s Dodge in Maumee, Ohio. I sold Dodge trucks sitting on a truck in the lot while I wrote a Book about my experiences with our crooked government at all levels, along with the Legal System. Since I was working for someone now the IRS could force me into a payment plan which they did.
Several years later I heard about the hearings that were being held by the Senate Finance Committee in regards to IRS abuse of the American people. I wrote a letter to Senator ( Roth ) who was the head of the hearings. He wrote me a letter back asking if I would agree if their committee investigated my case. I agreed. I was then contacted by Agnes Lucas of the IRS who was going to investigate. Every time she contacted me I answered all of here questions and gave her anything she needed in writing. She contacted me quite a few times to the point that I told her that I felt I already knew what her findings would be so please let’s get this over. Please give me her findings. On a Saturday she called me at work and explained to me that she had found me not guilty and that she could not find out why the IRS did this to me in the first place. She even told me that the IRS refused to provide her with any of my records because they had been destroyed. She also told me that when she found me not guilty, she had been transferred to another job within the IRS.
I was then contacted by Doug Cline of the Cincinnati, Ohio office of the IRS. He was the person to decide the amount the IRS would pay me. The last time I spoke with him on the phone he came up with a $44,128,000 amount or within 1 percent of what they hit me, with to be paid over a 56 quarter period. I explained to him that the first year the IRS charged me 874% interest and that my calculator would not go that high. He also insisted on me going to a meeting with him and several other IRS supervisors. I told him that I would bring an attorney, an accountant or I would have to tape the meeting. He refused to allow me to do that and I told him that if I could not bring a witness, I would not come to the meeting. He then agreed to allow my accountant to attend the meeting with me. In the meeting which was several hours long the IRS stated that they were ordered to pay me within 1% of the amount they charged me which they could not even guess what the amount would add up to, but it was considerably more than $44,128.00. Their calculators didn’t go that high either. Doug Cline stated that he would be the one to provide me with that amount and that I should start receiving checks from them soon. Within a week or two of this meeting you sent me 5 checks for a total of $22,693.00. I then contacted Doug Cline and asked where the balance of the 1st payment was and he explained that they were still working on the numbers and would make up for the shortfall in the second payment. When the second quarterly payment was due I was contacted by the IRS and was told that they did not believe that they had to pay me and that I should try to find an attorney that could sue them.
After the IRS crushes the companies you do have and strips your assets, how does anyone find the money let alone the attorney to fight the IRS? The IRS wins through threats, intimidation, extortion, illegal seizures and sales of people assets. I have not been given the chance to go before the Tax Court yet but somehow I don’t believe that they would be any different than what I’ve already experienced. The Federal Courts are paid by the Federal Government; they are nothing more than Federal Employees. How do you stand a chance of getting a fair hearing let alone win against the corrupt government? As far as I am concerned, in America you only get as much justice as you can afford. You have to buy justice otherwise it does not exist.
Attempted Murder of Donald E. Iiams, Jr., by the United States of Americas corrupt Government on August 13, 2008. The Government or the IRS attempted to kill me on August 13, 2009, the same day I was to get the chance to go before the Federal Tax Court, by navigating my Ford Expedition into a concrete bridge abutment at 55 to 65 miles per hour and make it appear that I was attempting to commit suicide. They missed two different things though. One, no one attempts to kill themselves safely by having their seat belt on. Two, I have God on my side and I am not going until God wants me to. I totally believe in God and Jesus, and God says “thou shall not kill” especially myself; so I do not believe in killing. If I did not believe in God, I would have started by destroying a group of dishonest attorneys, three of many being Art James, VJ and Bert Puligandla, and at least a half dozen crooked Judges and every IRS person I could find until they managed to kill me, which they discovered they could not. They tried but failed. Now it’s my turn.
List of some of the abuses and usurpations committed against Donald E. Iiams, Jr. and any and all of the citizens of the United States of America by the Government at all levels:
Below is a list of only some of the twisted, warped people controlling a portion of the Government along with big money industries that buy off Government leaders at all levels!
These crooked people along with the corrupt Corporations and Industries need to be put out of Office their industries taken over by new honest Americans, and then totally destroyed.
The assassination of President Kennedy (1963) and his brother Bobby Kennedy (1968) were victims of a wide conspiracy which was nothing less than a favor to the twisted, warped people that wanted their opportunity to control big Government, which are also the big money people. The industries who wanted the Vietnam Police action because they wanted to manufacturer all the guns, bombs and all the other items needed to fight a fake war, regardless of how many Americans would be killed or die and all the other people killed in this scam. The Federal Reserve, which is no more federal than Federal Express, because they did not want President Kennedy or his brother to start printing any money without it going through them; so they would have their cut and share of control over the American people. The military leaders who dearly wanted the IMAGINARY Vietnam War (1959 – 1975) where 58,000 U.S. troops were killed, the North Vietnamese army had 1.1 million deaths and 1,170,000 people were injured, along with all the power that gives to them, besides their share of the big bucks. The only reason it ended was that the Government had strained enough relationships with the American people that they thought they had to end it or pay a precious and expensive price.
9-11-2001 United States Government and the big money peoples staged attack of the World Trade Center, along with the outright murder of more than 2,800 Americans in New York City that are now listed as killed in the sham attacks on the World Trade Center in addition to 184 Americans who died in the sham attack on the Pentagon and 40 people in flight 93 which crashed in Pennsylvania. This was a move by President Bush, who cannot go to prison fast enough for me, because he assisted in the design of this IMAGINARY Iraqi War; Police Action that has killed over 4000 Americans, along with the industries that also wanted the Police action again because they wanted to manufacturer all the guns, bombs and all the other items needed to fight another fake war, regardless again of how many Americans would be killed in this scam.
The Destruction of the American economy over the last 40 years. Our Country has been in Wars before, not including Vietnam and Iraqi which were not Wars but money makers, and destroyed any and all Country’s that fought against us. Unfortunately for the American people, those Countries’ along with their Industries somehow figured out how to outsmart us and buy off our Politicians along with their loyalty. That’s how our textile industry, our steel industry, millions our manufacturing jobs and too many others to mention were put out of business by the actions of the CORRUPT GOVERNMENT, POLITICANS and Big Money Industries Leaders; for nothing less than the blood money!
The Governments along with the Finance (BANKS) Industry bought off enough Politian’s of our Federal, State, Local and International Government/Politicians, along with International money leaders; which created and allowed the International Illegal Mortgage Scam. Let’s not forget the Fraudulently Inflated Appraisals by the Government watched licensed Appraisers. The Government and their watchdog agencies allowed these crooks to create the No Dock/No verification; pretend income loan, at a fraudulently deceptive Interest Rate. This Scam of the American people cost millions of us our homes, our marriages, our jobs, our incomes and blood if you could have gotten it.
If the above does not seem to be enough for you Criminals, allow me to add one more, instead of listing thousands of Acts of War you people have committed, allow me to start with ex-President Bush starting, and now President Obama, they instead of prosecuting these Criminals and adding some High Class Criminals to the prison roster, which most of you are, the Federal Government has to print more funny money and Loan Billions; yes BILLIONS IF NOT TRLLIONS, to the Criminals? The trickles affect it now creating devastation to our State, County and Local Governments, most of who I believe should be sharing the Prison cells.
WAR IS DECLARED |
beminet/ethiopia
8th July 2009 |
corruption may be defined in the simplest form of its theory.but its diamention takes millions form.especially it is dengerous when it takes the form of political corruption...almost all people suffer from it...and at the end of the day it brings devastating effect to both side; especially for the corrupt. |
Wayne Kerr
22nd June 2009 |
You have got to be kidding!!! That figure for india is so obviously wrong, they are the most corrupt bunch of people on the planet!!
So how do you determine a corruption rate? It's not like those involved want everyone to know about it, do they? |
Ally
25th May 2009 |
these are statistics taken by proffesionals. just because you say your not corrupt, doesn't mean yur not! :S the entire world is corrupt, deal with it! |
Namus
11th May 2009 |
My copyright is violated. My defamed state is defamation |
JAYENDER S CHANDAIL .ADVOCATE*PUNJAB AND
10th May 2009 |
THE CRUSADE AGAINST CORRUPTION HAS STARTED *
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TILL DATE ITS REDUNDANT*
JOIN ME IN THIS CRUSADE*SEND ME ANY SUGGESTION TO MAKE IT A BETTER LAW*
REGARDS TO ALL MY UNCORRUPT COUNTRYMEN* |
Daniel
10th April 2009 |
You people have no perception of what this information shows. This isn't the "top of corruption".
"TI has developed an index from 0 to 10 comprised of surveys of specialists, opinion leaders, business officials and human rights monitors who live, work or travel extensively in each of the countries ranked. The higher the score, the less corrupt the country."
Read about what this is before making such ignorant remarks!!! |
Up All Night (USA)
13th March 2009 |
I think the list is a little confusing in it's layout. The list clearly shows #1 as the least corrupt, and the higher numbers being most corrupt. A few posters seem to be confused by this ordering. Most people would figure this out pretty quickly, but it should probably be clearer.
Also, readers should check the definitions at the end of the list to see how it is figured before arguing which countries are most corrupt. For example, the idea that New Zealand charges $6.00 tax on a pack of cigarettes is not going to technically be corruption according to these statistics, and I can think of several reasons why taxes on cigarettes or gasoline might be imposed by a government for purposes not related to simply collecting revenue from citizens. Similar arguments are made in many posts here.
If you want, debate why the methodology of the data collection is flawed or fails to include various types of corruption. But I interpret the definition to mean that it was compiled based on impressions of the level of corruption within a country by it's own populace.
Most corruption is carried out by the most powerful segments of a society: Government, police, military, big business, and organized crime, etc., and is inherently protected by its own powers. So gathering hard stats is going to be tough because the most corrupt countries are going to be the least likely to prosecute and punish this corruption. So I think the self reporting method used in this list is a fair compromise, although not perfect. An example would be North Korea, which as far as I can tell is not on the list by that name or as it's proper name the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. It is by all accounts a highly corrupt country, but none of its citizens are available to survey, nor would you expect any of them to give a truthful answer if they could be surveyed! |
Sam (Canada)
1st December 2008 |
I think we're all being absolute lunatics. Are we competed for the most corrupt country? Yes, the U.S is corrupt to a degree. But it doesn't have mass genocides or kill people because of their religion.
I must say though, I know nothing about the New Zealand or Australia thing. A lot of people from New Zealand believe it's a good place to be, and brag about it to people here.
So come on people, lets think reasonably and not fight over who has the most corruption, and U.S learn what is means to have a corrupt government, then you can whine about it. |
reuben (abuja)
10th October 2008 |
pls send me the most recent corrupt countries list....their complete data for 2008 including african countries.[hapyben4real 2006@yahoo.com] |
Glen Carpenter (Sovereign Individual)
5th October 2008 |
The answers only reflect the intent of the questions but never the real truth. The reall truth will never be found by asking questions or doing surveys that reveal statistics- one call freedom fighters-another calls terriosts. The real terrorists are the ones that are able to successfuly convince the populations they are freedom lovers. Curruption of truth comes before curruption of people- its a learned act that degragates all societies. Researcher-Anthropologist |
cleverzone (philippines)
24th September 2008 |
ur all saying that ur country is corrupt,,well come here in the phillipines,, where corruption is just ordinary, people here are getting used into it,, the more u corrupt here the powerful u r and d more u are not caught,, people here r now running for position in govt to corrupt ,, that why were no 125,, u reading this is much more fortunate |
100% Human (Dictator country of Sweden)
8th June 2008 |
Sweden is Al-Qaidas enemy No1.
Wake up and see throu the false Swedish government who is killing millions of children ever year by robbing poor countries, selling arms and making war with USA. |
Goran Lambertz (Stockholm)
8th June 2008 |
Swedish government is Islams enemy No1. The Swedish government is working together with Bush on robbing countries. The filthy Swedish arms developers Bofors and SAAB Dynamics are helping US Army to kill Muslims. Swedish government is killing children all over the world by sanctions/embargo against leaders of countries who does NOT want to be robbed by Sweden/USA.
Wake up and see how the Swedish government sells weapons, makes war in Africa and robes poor countries whit help of USA.
Sweden is the worlds biggest hoax!
USA/Bush bombed Afghanistan Taliban's coz of the opium. Turkey economics collapsed when opium stopped coming from Afghanistan. Albanians of Kosovo are being used as heroin-deliverers. Turkey is No1 weapon buyer from USA. USA and Sweden are partners in Bofors/SAAB Dynamics arms factory.
Turkey pays arms by heroin-money. |
George (South Africa)
14th March 2008 |
Will it not be difficult to make such a determination of which country is most corrupt. Will we be talking about the general population or about the few holding government posts. |
Lakeisha McCarthy (Winnsboro, Louisiana)
4th March 2008 |
The world is filled with alot of corruption, and that's something that I believe that people have to deal with whether they want to or not. |
harik320@gmail.ccom (india)
25th January 2008 |
can i have a information about the statistics of the corruption in the field of agriculture ..... political ...........educational ............sports ????????????? |
Ejaz Ahmad (swabi)
9th December 2007 |
If we strictly the teaching of islam, there will be no corrution in our society. It is very sad that Muslim rulers everywhere in thw world are corrupt |
Ernesto Pineyro (Monterrey, Mexico.)
6th December 2007 |
The United States are as corrupt as Mexico or any other country in the world, however they insist that the Protestan ethic rules all of his acts, public or private.
Ernesto Pineyro. |
berhan takele andyhun (ethiopia)
26th November 2007 |
how can we solve corruption? |
Jason (United States)
20th November 2007 |
"It's the LOVE of money which is the root of all evil."
The desire for more money is what built many developed countries like the United States. It is what drives economies. Greed is a good thing. |
ismaheel (nigeria)
2nd November 2007 |
i want to know the country graded as the most corrupt in the world in irrespective the condition for grading as in Switzerland asthe richest in the world |
Andrés (Colombia)
5th August 2007 |
As a native Colombian I'm flabbergasted to see my country as number 56, when we should belong to the very bottom of this list. I think whoever compiled this list forgot a 1 and we are really number 156.
Do you really believe the country that controls 80% of the world's cocaine traffic, 30% of the world's heroin has and has the single highest rates of murder and kidnapping in the world is only 56th in corruption?
Colombian judiciary is quite possible the single most corrupt government run service in the whole planet, so bad you wouldn't believe what goes there. Here the mafia doesn't need lawyers because they own the judges. And the higher you go the deeper they are into it.
Anyone in our congress is there either because they receive cash from the drug cartels or voters in their districts were intimidated by armed thugs from one of our four internationally recognized terrorist organizations (another Colombian record).
Executive branch, local governments, the central bank, police, etc. All are deeply into it. There's not one institution in Colombia in which Colombians trust. |
Jen (Malaysia)
15th May 2007 |
People are capable of living honest lives, with little or with much. It's the LOVE of money which is the root of all evil. |
Brant (New Jeresey)
24th April 2007 |
Money is the root of all corruption? Not hardly. The LACK of money is the root of all evil. |
Mike (Kenya)
23rd April 2007 |
I have travelled widely in both Africa and the western world.I am appalled to see Kenya being among the last bottom countries. I think the results of this rating are grossly inaccurate. USA and Kenya gap should not be so wide. I have ever witnessed a bribe at IAD in USA. If the results are based on Transparency international...they will be tilted to favour countries like UK. |
Saif Khan (Columbus, Georgia)
21st February 2007 |
USA CORRUPTION: I agree with the comment above that the United States does have a different types of corrupution, which is at the highest levels of business and government. Large corporations and lobbyists have large amounts of money and time to devote to politicians, which the common people dont. As a result the people get screwed and special interests win. |
John PINK (Wollongong, NSW, Australia)
17th February 2007 |
viusit the web-sites www.CBDset.com , www.BHPstinks.com & TelstraSux.com
you may change your ideas about Australia being the 9th most corrupt country in the world |
bd (paris)
30th January 2007 |
The Scores relate to PERCEPTIONS of the degree of corruption as seen by e.g. business people. These business people often have very little to base themselves on other than indexes like those of tranparency int. and the news reports based on them. And so the wheel keeps turning.
Also for corruption to exist it takes 2 parties; the west needs to ask itself the question to which extent its behaviour in their business dealings with e.g. Africa creates/sustains corruption. |
Rooibos
28th January 2007 |
We've been researching Botswana and have found articles suggesting that Botswana is the least corrupt nation in Africa. Besides the Transparency International citation, are there other credible sources which can substantiate or refute this claim?
We are considering emigrating to Botswana, and any additional information on this topic would be helpful (and appreciated!).
Thank you |
Harley Fisher (U.S.A.)
8th January 2007 |
Cuba is not corrupt! Everyone in Cuba has free health care and free education through university. If the embargo that the U.S. insists on holding over Cuba were lifted, Cuba would be one of the best counties to live in. |
1899 (US)
10th December 2006 |
Sifa... Iceland is the LEAST corrupt according to the survey...read the definition!
"DEFINITION: A CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). Includes police corruption, business corruption, political corruption, etc. Data for 2005." |
Khatera (New York)
29th November 2006 |
everyone is missunderstanding this data. The numbers here represent the values derived from the corruption precetion index. In this index 10= the best and 0=the worst. So yes if a person was reasonably educated, they would realize that they are reading the information wrong. Furthermore the same information and numbers are given in other databases. |
Ratko Zindovic (Suede)
23rd November 2006 |
THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN STRASBOURG IS CORRUPT !!!
IN 2004 THE SWEDISH STATE MANAGED TO STOP A COMPLAINT AGAINST SWEDEN, WHICH WOULD SHOCK THE WORLD. COMPLAINT NO. 34863/02 WAS SUCCESSFYLLY STOPPED BY THE CRIMINAL STATE OF SWEDEN. |
siggi (iceland)
21st November 2006 |
trust me there is something wrong with this.iceland is the least corrupt country there is no corruption here. |
Olof Palme (Sweden)
30th October 2006 |
The former Swedish minister of justice, Mr. Thomas Bodström, is involved in the murder of former police officer Kjell Stigsson Bornerheim. Two police chiefs gave the order to kill Bornerheim, these police chiefs are Leif Jennekvist and Ali Lindholm. They are not charged because the public prosecutors Fredrik Wesäll and Nils Rekke are protecting the police chiefs.
The Swedish government is aware of all the facts but does nothing. Two Swedish journalist have been threatened by the police, because the journalist began an investigation of the murder of Mr. Bornerheim.
The Swedish goverment are hiding many facts that shows that Sweden is a police state and people are being murdered by the police in Sweden. |
michael (New Zealand)
10th October 2006 |
where do you get these figuers from,We here in nz dont think the goverment is particularly currupt,we get to vote them out every three years if we dont like them.we think of places like mexico or even the U S with there multi million doller elections as currupt.with this stat being so far off the mark i guess take the rest of the stats with a grain of salt. |
Mickey (India)
9th October 2006 |
Pathetic people like Kerri and Shaun dont realize what a boon it is to be in the USA, do everyone a favour, leave the USA come to India or go over to Iran, Africa, Congo or China and youll know what curropt is, such people will keep crying all their lives and spread negativity wherever they go, frogs in a pond! Wake up! |
PENNY (south africa)
19th September 2006 |
SIFA, IF THE FACTS APPEAR WRONG THEN THEY R WRONG SO U HAV TO CHECK UR PERCEPTION IE. THE NOTES AT THE BOTTOM OFTHETABLE EASY MISTAKE TO MAKE DEFINITION: A CPI Score relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption as seen by business people and country analysts and ranges between 10 (highly clean) and 0 (highly corrupt). Includes police corruption, business corruption, political corruption, etc. Data for 2005. |
Luke Metcalfe (Site admin)
19th September 2006 |
Hi Sifa,
Check the definition. A low score means more corruption. |
[A] (UK)
12th September 2006 |
Reply to Sifa Sifen (Sweden):
That was my first reaction too, but then I read the definition and as is obvious Iceland, on this page, is quoted as the *least* corrupt. The score is a 'cleansiness' score.
I agree that the title of the page does not make it clear, but you must do a tiny bit of digging for information before declaring the data worthless.
Not so hilarious now.
Regards,
[A] |
RCL (U.S.)
6th September 2006 |
Corruption grows within all kinds of organization, non-profit or for-profit, private or public, as long as there are people, there will be corruption. I do world trading business mainly with USA, China, Taiwan, and western Europe from the 80's and dealing with corruption all the time, big or small. None of them can be compared to the natural corruption practiced by people who "think" they have omnipower or who "believe" they are given the might and right to overpower others --that are, the authorities of all kinds. That may be why Singapore ranks on top of other Asian countries. I |
man ( India)
22nd August 2006 |
Finland has no corruption , it tops material wealth yet suicide rate in Finland is one amongst highest !
what would you call it , failure of Capitalism ?
Is capitalism and communism likely to give way to something more accountable ? |
Sifa Sifen (Sweden)
15th August 2006 |
Now really, which reasonably educated person would take a survey seriously that puts Iceland as the most corrupt country in the world and Italy at #42. Hillarious. |
I gede Arya Pardita (san4y4@hotmail.com) (Bali)
21st July 2006 |
Hey!!!!!!!!!!
I totally disagree with this
Why the rich countries (which of the grade of prosperity is of course very high) are on the top. Meanwhile, Idonesia (and other poor and developing countries) which of the corruption cases clearly occur everyday are in the bottom. Indonesia can't possibly be in the 141st position.
It should be in the top 10
You're dreaming!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Azizul Haque (Bangladesh)
7th July 2006 |
The study is good, but i thnik bangladesh should not in this position /ranking.
But some what its true.
azizul_sil@yahoo.com |
Md. Saidul Hoque (Bangladesh)
1st July 2006 |
No doubt now a days corruption is the major problem in Bangladesh. But how we can solve this problem? |
... (...)
25th June 2006 |
The data here is wrong.
Note Iraq above.
Corruption value: 7.8.
The cited data site is: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2003
Note Iraq in this data.
Corruption Value: 2.2 |
Theo Purwanto (Jakarta)
23rd June 2006 |
What is the corruption level of government of Indonesia? |
Theo Purwanto (Jakarta)
23rd June 2006 |
What is level the corruption of government of Indonesia? |
Padrede3 (California)
16th June 2006 |
Who's palm did Mexico grease in order to be place so low on the list? Talk about corruption! I defy anyone to spend at least a week in Mexico City and not come face to face with some form of corruption. What's laughable is that the PRI presidential candidate for the upcoming elections is basing his campaign on his supposed ability to do away with corruption and crime. His party is largely responsible for the rampant corruption that exists, having spent over 70 years in power by hook or crook (what an apt phrase!) and refining their system. What other country gets raped by its governing officials every single administration and let's them walk scott free, without so much as a slap on the wrist? |
Leyla
3rd June 2006 |
The US and other wealthy countires of the world are probably just are deceitful as their counter-parts in the less-fortunate nations. But because of their endless means they are able to hide the evidence and trails better because they either own the media outlets, have large stock in global companies, lobby/bribe decisions-makers or even fabricate their own truths. So in reality who really can prove the actualy level of curuption of these powers.
Also the wealthy powers can sometimes be the fire to the match of some of the 3rd world's curuption.
İ think that calculating the statistics of coruption is not as simple as a nation's GDP. |
Susana (USA)
3rd June 2006 |
US not being corrupt ? You must be brainwashed to believe it is not. The same corruption as third world countries? No not the same. US is more wealthy corrupt as many have stated. With modern ways of hiding it from the people . We don't feel it as third world countries do. So I think people need to see the two differnt sides of corruption, third world countries versus wealthy developed countries. |
Camilo (Spain)
2nd June 2006 |
the index is obtained asking to the ppl of each country about their "feeling" on corruption, that means than in Europe the Europeans think / believe that there's few corruption -no more, no less-, maybe corruption is more evidently in poor countries than in rich ones... or maybe is an undeniable fact that in poorest countries there's more corruption, I'm from Colombia and I see corruption on all levels of society, if u want to get a job u need "a friend" who pushes u in (specially on public ones)... people selling their votes for a piece of food or a bag of cement... is more than a government issue is a "way of live", ¿Do u have that in Norway, US?.... I think you have more effective controls that we do, and ppl is not supporting corruption as we do (and many other countries do especially at Africa).
It's pretty much than politicians taking our taxes, It's more like everyone looking for "How do I get some profit?" "How we can fool the law?" "It doesn't matter if noones see it" that behaviour, that culture, that way of life. |
fred
24th May 2006 |
Australia not being the top of the list for corruption in Western countries shows these figures need some more input and a bit of work. I guess their level of corruption (be Western standards) is so endemic though they have trouble even understanding what not being corrupt is like.
Government corruption is clearly not easy to measure though.
Great site :) |
Jacob Shaw (UK)
8th May 2006 |
I cannot believe some peoples comments so far.
As for some people claiming the USA is the most corrupt nation etc etc - Have you not glanced at the statistic to reveal that corruption DOES indeed exist in the USA and across Europe. However, the scale of this corruption is PERCEIVED to be less than in many other developing nations.
Perceived, that is exactly the point. The data is compiled yearly from Transparency International from a variety of sources which basically involve surveys of Business Owners and managers to identify how likely they are expected to pay bribes. The data by no means offers complete accuracy, but it does at least offer an inclination of the scale of low-level bureucratic corruption within a nation.
One must recognise clearly that corruption obviously exists across all nations, but the scale with which it exists and is allowed to persist depends on how national governments set policies and incentives to control it. In this sense, the date highlights those unwilling or unable nations in dealing with the global phenomenan of corruption. |
Samad Khan (Peshawar, Pakistan.)
6th May 2006 |
its a shame for us (Pakistani) that Pakistan is on 37 number in the corrupt countries...its a shame for us.look at other 3rd world countries, mostly they are after 50's. |
Kerri (U.S.)
4th May 2006 |
There are many things in the U.S. that are corrupt. But it is not clear that it is the worst country! It seems that in many cases, when government officials get caught they'll blame completely different countries or people. But the the only person that can corrupt them is them and their greed. Not every rich person is evil and not every poor person is a wonderful decent human being. The corruption comes from the mind, and actions of the individual, no matter what the excuse. |
Ratko Zindovic (Sweden)
21st April 2006 |
Sweden is worlds No1 corruption State! Since i started in 2003 to investigate the corruption in Sweden (police & government) the Swedish police have tried to kill me four times. I was warned and one of the assassins ended up dead, http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,717603,00.html
Sweden is the most racist country to. |
Vincent Artur Ramjitsingh
9th April 2006 |
Me And my wife Nisha Ramjitsingh left Trinidad and Tobago to live in the USA cause we could not practice our religion call obeah, my father is a preacher and condems both of us for doing kali pojar on members and friends of the church, Trinidad and Tobago must let its people practice any religion freely. Leave us alone lets us do our obeah in peace and not be force to come to you church. |
douglas
1st April 2006 |
Wow you are being generous to Malaysia and her government. Less than a handful of billionaires made the Fortune mag but they here. Cannot include the untaxed though. Corruption here starts with taxi coupons, traffic fine alternatives and moves beyond billion RM road building contracts. |
Roy Rogers
29th March 2006 |
New Zealand is the least corrupt country in the world - yeah right! They pass dumb legislation which keeps everybody who is in power in cushy jobs and then they legilate away the rights of the populace. The government takes 30% (50 cents)from every litre of petrol sold and 60% ($6) from every $10 packet of cigarettes sold. Worse than corruption - it's racketeering. |
James Nickerson
12th January 2006 |
I have to add my voice to others in being dumbfounded by the number of people righteously shrieking that the USA should be recognized as the most corrupt nation on earth. What on earth are you basing this mystifying claim on? I agree with the gentleman who suggested that you folks must have never spent appreciable time immersed at all in society practically anywhere outside the country, or if you have it was only in countries like the UK and Finland which are comparably honest on the whole to the US (and these, unfortunately, are rather in the minority world-wide). As has already been pointed out, we don't require bribes here, people! Police, doctors, teachers, and various government employees do their duty 99.99% of the time uprightly (I didn't say with perfect efficiency), and when any sort of extortion racket is brought to light, either in the public or private sectors, it is immediately the subject of negative portrayal on the NATIONAL news. Inter-business relations and business-government relations are carefully monitored and audited. I work for a major government contractor and experience firsthand what great pains we take to ensure that we are completely honest in the way we charge for our services. With as much wealth as our country has circulating in as huge number of relationships and transactions as we have, naturally there are items of corruption (which, I maintain, are the vast exception) which can go unnoticed for quite some time. These are unfortunate, and I hope we'll continue to fight against these instances and especially to work to create a climate where people continue to choose by default to be honest. Corruption is definitely NOT the understood way of making a living here, and I believe that's one of the main reasons we are as rich as we are. While there is much truth to the idea that in poverty-stricken countries, people feel they need to accept bribes and indulge in shady transactions in order to keep afloat, I sincerely believe that these same countries are in most cases so poor in the first place because of the selfsame dishonest and conspiring tendencies prevalent among too many of their people. In the US, its citizens for the most part take it for granted that they will pay their taxes honestly and that they won't try to cheat their acquaintances or customers. When I'm walking around and I see a policeman on the street, it makes me feel protected instead of worried that I will be accosted for money or favors. Sure we've got plenty of problems to work on, but go to South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, or several other places please before you glibly follow the popular trend of insulting our very free and very self-deterministic nation. You could even claim that it's more corrupt that many people think, and maybe get away with that, but saying that it's "the most corrupt country on earth" is so embarrassingly uninformed and ridiculous that it almost has to be taken as a joke. |
Bananna
5th January 2006 |
Grace, how could you say that the future of Macedonia is uncertain and compare to Montenegro? Macedonia and the nations that live in the country enjoy independence since 1990. Macedonia is more forward in economical and political growth than Serbia. I think you have to be more informed when you are posting public messages... |
Nikola
4th January 2006 |
The corruption is equally distributed all around the world.
But the rich countries population is not so sensitive, the threshold of pain is much higher - expressed in dollars.
It is the same with intelligence. IQ is equally distributed too. |
ctsc
4th January 2006 |
These statistics are immediately invalidated by the fact that the USA is not in the top 50, heck not even top 100. This list could be renamed most transparently corrupt nations and hold some water. The US is one of, if not the, most corrupt nation on this planet, everything just goes on behind closed doors because they have to hide (somewhat) from the "independent" media |
phan
25th December 2005 |
It's the "Kyoto" agreement you imbecile. The city is obviously in Japan where the agreement was signed. |
Dawn
26th November 2005 |
Here's the thing, this list is not a reliable data source because it draws off of 16 surveys from 10 institutions which gather opinions of business people and country analysts. The index has an absence of reliable data because only 159 countries are included in the 2005 survey. That is why you don't see every country listed, and why some countries score differently than you may think.
I got my info from
Transparency International. (2005). The 2005Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. Retrieved November 25, 2005, from http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781359.html |
allelar
22nd November 2005 |
Rune, you have no idea the kind of corruption that goes on in Africa. To put this in perspective, the former Kenyan president is being charged for the first degree murder of one of his cabinet ministers. Not only that, in the very brief time I was there, his mistress had to seek asylum before she could admit to her relationship with him. |
Caucasian Jackie Chan
17th November 2005 |
All the people that are claiming US is the most corrupt country have never picked up a serious magazine and definitely have not been out of the country, I doubt they read anything besides their monthly liberal newsletter. I'm not pro-Bush or an avid republican, but all the claims about US corruption are stupid to say the least. I also don't agree with a lot of the ratings on this list, for example, hows Belorus is at 78, significantly better thats neighboring Russia and Ukraine? These countries should be within 10 spots of each other. Its very curious how Kuwait ended up at #96, are you kidding me?? Yeah, its not corrupt at all, its the country where over 30 pirate attacks happened last year, by their coast that is; its the country where people starve not because there is no food aid, but because warlords steal that stuff. Ridiculous ratings. |
Hillary
8th November 2005 |
What is the corruption level of government of Sudan? |
Ken
8th November 2005 |
This is nonsense y'all know: "Relates to perceptions of the degree of corruption"
Perceptions are based upon extort the presents of uncovers in consistencies or actual view able corruption, in the US, it is mostly only known about if its actually uncovered and in the index of business efficiency and management the US is among the top in the world if not the top. This number does not lead well to the possibly of business corruption additionally polices in the US are primarily all Local and State owned and run, but when ever there is a problem with one of the 3,142 counties in the United States in 50 different states. It frequently ended up on the national news, given the perception that this is in fact a “national problem” when in fact nothing could be further from the truth! As for politics its basically the same story, the US government isn’t just managing many thousands of civil services, in fact its got many thousands upon thousands of political officials! Just in the federal government and all their underlings can add up into the millions upon million, and if Anyone of them ends up being corrupt its all over the national news as if this is reflective of the entire US government! Add to this the thousands upon thousands if not million of government employees in each of the 50 State governments and your talking about a HUGE system, were only a few of them have to be known about for it too look like its extreme!!! No doubt there is corruption there, but the perceptions of it far out weighs the actual reality!!!
Of course there is the huge problem of a lot of people around the world such as many who have posted here; having paranoid and completely nutcase’s radical views about the USA, Americans some of them! (Politically motivated) |
SA
8th November 2005 |
OK, let's face it - the corporate and political 'elite' running world politics (and who are mostly based in the U.S.) are corrupt as bloody hell. Power is simply a corruption-amplifier, and because they wield the most power, they're arguably the most corrupt lot of the bunch. But for the average guy on the street in a third world country, the corruption is going to feel much worse. Middle class Americans are largely shielded from the corruption in and per pretreated by their own country because (1) they're often blind to it, (2) they have the financial means to feed themselves without resorting to theft and brutality, (3) they're more educated than citizens of most third world countries. But with the way things have been going, I think the U.S. is going to see more and more corruption at the 'ground level' - not just big corporations bleeding the country of billions of dollars and sending naive youth off to kill in the name of the imperial agenda, but you're going to see more and more 'everyday people' engaging in less-than-noble acts in the struggle to make it. |
Alanah
1st November 2005 |
I love this site it is SOOOOOO awsome i go on it every day. |
fatima
1st November 2005 |
hi readerz this web page iz full of information but i think the crime rate of pakistan iz increasing day by day |
MK
26th October 2005 |
Grace what r u talking about?? U said the future of Macedonia is uncertain? What is that supposed to mean? It has a GDP per capita much larger than Serbia, it has a NATO candidate status, and has filed for EU candidacy. Yet Serbia has none of these, and has internal issues such as Kosovo, and Vojvodina. How would the future of Macedonia be more uncertain than that of Serbia? |
Safooma
19th October 2005 |
Israel is 21st least corrupt? ROFLMAO how do they decide this? My parents are from Bangladesh, I've been there, and it's way less corrupt than say, an Israel. |
Hershey
18th October 2005 |
Its called the 80/20 split for those of you that dont know. Dont you notice most of the highly corrupted countries are 3'rd 4th and 5th world countries? 20 percent of the world.. being the 'rich' take up 80% of the worlds resources. No wonder terrorism takes place and corruption is just a way of life to benefit your self. To the individual that said "HOW CAN USA BE CORRUPT...?" If you read properly it includes other statistics such as business corruption, etc. |
teme
17th October 2005 |
One of the countries that is not that poor is Georgia, What corruption happens their? |
21st September 2005 |
The most corrupt nation is the US of A that has enslaved it's own people in their own country. Just look at what happent to New Orleans and I won't even get started with the US elections. What is the criteria for corruption on this web site? |
usman
15th September 2005 |
I am shocked not seeing Pakistan in this list.How is it possible.We must be under 10 atleast.You might have skipped the name. |
Rita
14th September 2005 |
Excellent info! As for many of the comments coming from people from the developed countries, here is what I have to say: if you haven't lived in an underdeveloped or a developing country, you have no idea what real corruption looks like.
Question for the editor: Why was Serbia and Montenegro not included in this list? I'm sure they would have been close to the top. |
Man
12th September 2005 |
Unbelievable, Cambodia is not in the list?? World Bank survey conducted on 800 companies in year 2005 reported that Cambodia is 2.5 times more corrupted than the current champion Bangladesh. |
Rudy
11th September 2005 |
It's pretty funny that the most corrupt countries are also high on the most poorest list... |
Tony
5th September 2005 |
Whats the secret behind Finland? I learn it has been ranked the least corrupted country for several years. |
gagay
29th August 2005 |
Whether you believe in this site or not, this definitely gave us something to ponder.
Maybe corruption has always been with us ever since our humanity began. It was just a matter of time and perfect nurturing that we allowed it to become what it has now...a cancer of the society. |
Reza
24th August 2005 |
The corrupted people in poor countries take bribes only to survive and that can be understanding when you have a hungry child at home but when you have corruption in rich countries its not to feed their kids but to buy a yacht, feed gambling habit,buying golf course, offshore bank accounts etc. in some very poor countries the government barely pay the employees so they take bribes to issue business license, alcohol license, basically turning a blind eye. |
leocat
18th August 2005 |
One last thing on Halliburton, it has come out that US gov't officials have been linked to Halliburtons board and have had shares in the company. A government the size of the US runs a budget into the trillions and is involved in managing many thousands of civil servants, don't you think that a government would be wise to have members in their ranks that have been successful businessmen/lawyers/professionals before they entered into politics...or would you rather janitors run the nations finances? |
Brian
15th August 2005 |
Murder with firearms rate on this site is rather deceiving. Now granted i am a HUGE guns rights advocate...they conveniently forget to include illegal gun crimes...which abound in countries like the UK nd other gun-control-rich nations. They also forget to tell you how many times that guns are used to protect law-abiding people each year.(2.5 million in the US alone!)Just remember that when you look at the stats. Oh yea, and whoever said that the US is the most corrupt or that were being brainwashed...leave the country that so many of us are willing to die for! |
Shaun
25th July 2005 |
The good ol' USA is the most currupt country in the world, and by not signing the Kyotie agreement it is polluting the rest of the world, and does it care? I dony think so |
giz
24th July 2005 |
American curroption with this index is closer to the delevoping nations than is it do the Developed nations. No suprise there since the federal goverment spends, and spends. Average person is over paying the burnt of the excess in forms of higher taxation and lack of funds to fix problems like potholes in the road or providing basic social services. Where the insitutions of goverment and state ownership of business are corrupt in France. In the Untied States its the local indiviuals and politicians that are the most curoppt. France u get more on a curroption in terms of collective bases helping a group of people connected to the goverment get easy jobs and perferenatal treatment with goverment contracts, Untied States just scruplous dim wits getting too greedy cashing in lottery proceeds from the state fund to buy themshevles a 500k shack and a mercades. Local politicans committing insider job to shore there cake job after there voted out of office |
Amir
20th July 2005 |
I lived in IRAN for a long time and let me tell you I dont think 52nd is a very correct evaluation for that country. In IRAN corruption runs rampant. But it is not simply the small scale type. Corruption is the foundation on which this government is built upon. It isn't simply the police department thats corrupt, its everyone from the govrnt worker to the person of the top mollahs (most corrupt of all) |
Pedro
10th July 2005 |
I believe that most of the data in this site is real, except for the Philippines. I think they're wrong about their impression of my country. Philippines should not be in no. 35. As what I observed, it is more realistic to put it above no. 10. |
Chetan
4th July 2005 |
Should not the countries who are giving bribe be responsible for that amount of Corruption. |
3rd July 2005 |
"How on earth is the US corrupt?? Where do you get ths from? That just sounds like some angry liberal ranting because Bush is in the White House."
yeah... i mean bush is doing all he is doing hint hint.... the war... for the sole purpose of doing good to mankind... and he is not gaining personally, financially in any way...
Bush in office = corrupt government for me... |
indonesian
3rd July 2005 |
Indonesia 8th? I thought the first... |
Anita
30th June 2005 |
I am surprised Indonesia is on #11. I thought it was #1. L0L |
acg515
22nd June 2005 |
Wheres north Korea, everyone knows its most corrupt, with communists leading it and concentration camps there, and even brainwashing its people. you cant just show how much a country's corrupt with statistics, you look at reality. |
SANLORENZO
16th June 2005 |
JUST THIS SITE IS A brainwashing web site. I don't believe in this data. Coincidentially, the most corrupsts countries are Ecuador, Venezuela, Iraq, and so. In other words, juts the countres in which United States has difficulties to have the control of the local monopolies. I don't know why this site is taking as a gospel for politicians or "researchers". An advice, please, if you want to talk about some particular country, go there and look the reality, NO THE STEREOTYPE or the CLASIFICATION according Uncle SAM. (American government always have his parcialized point of view). |
Gabriel
10th June 2005 |
Some serious studies made by FAO, Miller, etc, have shown that developed countries through their transnational companies corrupt to weak states, and their elites work for them while poverty is increasing. Moreover, after many deads in represions on the streets, people want to judge these corrupts with the almost perfect accountability's mechanisms written on the paper, but what happen?...Look the cases of Fujimori in Peru or Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in Bolivia..Where they are spending now their stolen fortunes?, who protect them? It does not sound to you as a big hypocrecy this list? |
Zara
10th June 2005 |
This is for Kazuki, did u know that Bush's political campaign was paid for by Esso, and did you know that the US won't sign the Kyoto because they want to keep Esso happy so they don't lose all of their money! If that isn't corrupt then I don't know what is!! You don't believe me check out Greenpeace website. |
Eric
9th June 2005 |
I agree with Kazuki, sure there is some corruption. but of course since you live in the U.S. (I presume) you think because of your exposure to our media that the U.S. has the highest corruption ever. But consider what is going on in other countries! Especially one's that are not a) democratic (check out Burma, #4 on this list and a military regime) and b) do not have capitalistic and laisez faire economies (check out bangladesh #1 in corruption and also #121 in economic freedom category). Since you are probably smart enough to see through the media (misplaced assumption?), then I conclude that you have a liberal bias due to some clear Bush hating and you wouldn't dare allow something as pointless as facts to influence your opinion. |
ICHOR Trust
9th June 2005 |
In a democracy it is a criminal offence and source of corruption to use property as one's own when it belongs to another because that would be theft. Rights are property and damaging property is terrorism. Being affected by another persons industry is a source of effect and thus leaves open a tradable right to be both shown authority by those affecting you of their right to affect you at your own expense as well as the right to charge £900 thousand million million each second the affect continues for.
If anyone disagrees with the above pleas produce your authority as we wave good buy to capitalism as knowledge has always been the most powerfull power.
If for an effect to be suffered at our own expense requires an AT HIS OWN EXPENSE authority in a Primary Act of Parliament like the Copyright Act 1920 wherein it states what must be suffered and at who's expense. |
Vonada
4th June 2005 |
What a meaningless statistic this is... This is trying to put numbers to something that numbers don't much apply. As for halliburton, the company is not corrupt in the least. Most certainly it would be more accurate to say the US gov't is corrupt, but even then, compared to governments in Eduador, Cuba, Colombia? Not at al |
dayzee
4th June 2005 |
I am so surprised to see that argentina is #33!it should be the first one on the list!!! |
Rob Williams
3rd June 2005 |
Hi Mike,
Halliburton is a contractor that does business with the American government. I *think* Amigojoe's observation is that the relationship "H" has with the current administration seems to smack of corruption. This administration may not be financially corrupt but it does show good evidence of being morally corrupt. |
Cirap
2nd June 2005 |
Tell me, what about Rwanda? Is it corrupt or not? If yes, what's the rate? |
1st June 2005 |
why was louis riel expelled from the house of commons? |
scott malbi
31st May 2005 |
corruption is all over the world. Money is the root of all corruption. Greed is the number one reason one is corrupt |
rudresh
30th May 2005 |
it was really very poor to see that India's map is shoen wrongly in your site.pok is shown as the part of pakistan,well....it is the very part of INDIA only.please correct it as soon as posible.this is really very bad.whole JAMMU AND KASHMIR belongs to INDIA. |
Mike Williamson
30th May 2005 |
I'm curious as to how a link can be drawn between corruption and healthcare spending. To Amigojoe: Haliburton is a contractor. It operates all over the world, within the laws of the nations it operates in. Therefore, it is not corrupt, no matter what you may think of the governments employing the company. |
26th May 2005 |
I don't believe this...there's corruption everywhere except the North American and European nations? How can that be? |
Cirap
25th May 2005 |
What about Rwanda? Is it corrupt or not? If yes, what's the rate? |
Cirap
25th May 2005 |
What about Rwandad? Is it so corrupted or not? If yes, what's the rate? |
Cirap
25th May 2005 |
What about Rwandad? Is it so corrupted or not? If yes, what's the rate? |
Ding
6th May 2005 |
How can we fairly judge a country as corrupt? Is it that the people are totally corrupt? Is it that the government officials are totally corrupt? To label a people, a country, a nation as corrupt due to the acts of a minority (government officials) seems very unfair. To be corrupt presumes that that the person has the authority over time and money so as to be able to commit acts of corruption. In a country how many persons have that authority over time and money? |
Zee
5th May 2005 |
I agree with Rune. Corruption comes in different forms and it affects everyone, the rich less so, the poor a lot more. In my opinion, it is simply ignorant to think that millions of dollars aren't being stolen, in one form or another by almost every single government on the planet, leaving its population worse off than it should be. |
Mr White
20th April 2005 |
Rune, you have no idea the kind of corruption that goes on in Africa. To put this in perspective, the former Kenyan president is being charged for the first degree murder of one of his cabinet ministers. Not only that, in the very brief time I was there, his mistress had to seek asylum before she could admit to her relationship with him. |
emperor_tud
8th April 2005 |
"What! No corruption in the richest countries?" - Where did it say there was none? Click on 'view all countries'. "I know there is much corruption in my country (Norway)" - Probably, but it pales into utter insignificance when compared to all the other countries on that list. "...for being corrupt you know the usa is numero uno" - That's not true. |
Jacob Seigel
31st March 2005 |
Their needs to be a "power" catogory 'cause I live in the USA and i want more to brag about!!!!! |
Espen
16th March 2005 |
Rune! You must be out of your mind! Corruption in Norway?? Please tell me more about that. Stop smoking all of that weed and maybe then you'll get your head clear'd! I'm from Norway aswell. Do you belive in santa claus to? |
Rune
12th March 2005 |
What! No corruption in the richest countries? HA HA! I know there is much corruption in my country (Norway). I can see it everywhere, in my daily life, the news and so on.
To be honest, I don't believe in the data presented on this site. It just excuses the globalists and other evildoers. Just pure brainwashing (or an effort to). |
11th March 2005 |
where do you come up with this? for being corrupt you know the usa is numero uno! |
Salil Deshpande - Mumbai
6th March 2005 |
Ms. Lady Galos.. as regards your query, pls visit http://www.transparency.org/ , the site from where this list has been sourced. |
lady galos
2nd March 2005 |
hi there! id like to know more about graft and corruption. not just stats but why and how it happens and what are the solutions and how to stop this. |
RB
27th January 2005 |
This is teriffic site! A data lover's dream. I started out to research a friend's hernia, found out that the US only ranks #24 (from the top) of most "murderous" nations, and ended up, for now, at corrupt goverment. Who knew? The name is slightly sobering, though. |
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