Transparency International puts Iraq among the most corrupt countries for 2016
Transparency International puts Iraq among the most corrupt countries for 2016
1.25.2017 18:32
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global ranking of corruption in 2016 included 176 countries, where the organization has put a sign for each country by collecting the views of experts from prestigious international organizations for published by Transparency International, said on Wednesday.
Iraq and put the organization in another 10 countries Koktherha havoc where he scored 166 points.
The non – governmental organization, in a statement issued from its headquarters in Berlin, said that the popular movements, which is gaining momentum in the United States, Europe and elsewhere would hamper efforts to combat corruption.
The organization added in its report: “2016 has revealed that corruption in the global system and social inequality , reinforce each other and lead to popular discontent , ” asserting that a popular treatment is wrong.
And Denmark and New Zealand recorded the best performance in 2016 and is 90 points, followed by Finland , which registered a 89, and Sweden with 88 points.
The organization said that the majority of Arab countries have fallen a significant decline, which achieved 90% of these countries is less than 50 points, and remained the UAE and Qatar , despite above – average Trajahma.
Qatar saw the biggest decline in confidence in 2016, due to the scandals related to the International Football Federation [FIFA], and reports of human rights violations, while, solving Somalia ranked worst on the list, for the tenth year in a row.
The report stated that six of the ten most corrupt countries in the Arab world is Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Libya , “because of the political instability and internal conflicts and wars and the challenges of terrorism.”
The report included what it considers Transparency International anti – corruption mechanisms as “an end to political corruption, a powerful political will to achieve international commitments in the field of control, and to guarantee the right to freedom of opinion and expression, accountability and an end to pressure on activists and the whistleblower and civil society institutions, and the independence of the judiciary in order to corrupt accounting and recovery stolen money. ”
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