2024-01-30 15:22:30
Venezuela “is an example of great corruption,” said Transparency International (TI) this Tuesday (01/30/2024), in whose 2023 annual report this country appears as the most corrupt in America for the tenth consecutive year.
According to the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) in the public sector, with a scale from zero (very corrupt) to 100 (very low corruption), Venezuela obtained 13 points. Only Somalia surpasses the Caribbean country on a global scale.
Embezzlement of funds and kidnapping of public powers
The organization noted that in Venezuela “billions of dollars of public money have been systematically misappropriated, benefiting a few powerful individuals and exacerbating poverty and inequality.”
Likewise, in the Caribbean nation “major corruption schemes go hand in hand with the capture of the legislative, regulatory and judicial systems by high-level officials to generate power and evade punishment.”
Bribery and impunity
The “payment of bribes and the co-option of judges and prosecutors at all levels of the justice system has become one of the main mechanisms used by criminal networks to ensure the continuity of their illicit activities, as well as their impunity,” he warned. .
In America, Canada obtained the best score (76), followed by Uruguay (73) and the United States (69).
On a global scale, the countries that show the lowest perception of corruption are Denmark (90), Finland (87) and New Zealand (85).
1706629963
#Venezuela #corrupt #country #world