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Greece Is (Officially) The Most Corrupt European Nation
With the Greeks facing up to their third (or 4th or 5th, who's counting anymoe anyway) bailout, proclaiming growth is just around the corner, that the crisis is behind them, and that slavery will solve European youth unemployment; we thought it both ironic and sad that, as Bloomberg's Niraj Shah notes, the European Commission today publishes its first anti-corruption report and finds Greece has the most corrupt public sector, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.
In chart form...
and table...
As a gentle reminder, Greece’s shadow economy was equivalent to 24 percent of GDP in 2012, the Institute of Economic Affairs estimates.
But Afghanistan and Somalia top the world's corruption index...
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The Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 serves as a reminder that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world. The Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). No country has a perfect score, and two-thirds of countries score below 50. This indicates a serious, worldwide corruption problem.
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This was known about Greece back when the Euro was launched.
Then, however, it was in Berlin, Brussels & Co.'s interest to cast Greece as honest to get everyone on-sides for the launch.
Now, it's convenient to cast Athens as "corrupt" so that the Greeks don't get any sympathy as their country slides into chaos and authoritarian rule (Communists or Nazis -- take your pick).
Greek society hasn't changed a bit -- only the trope that benefits Bankfurt.
(And the Finns are ranked as the most transparent -- they're the perfect country to pull the plug on the Euro first -- not too big, not too central, and they'd benefit significantly from some competitive devaluation. Come on Helsinki -- don't be left holding the bag!)
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That's racist.
Obozo won this one fair and square!
people still believe in that "technical analysis" BS?
Greece might be the most corrupt in the EU...but I think USA is the most corrupt in the world. This infographic is bullshit.
It's "perception". If people understood the basics of Western monetary systems, the perceived-least corrupt nations in the world would include Iran and Cuba.
I'm pretty sure the fed uses technical analysis to decide when to buy more stawks.
Obozo never won anything fair and square in his whole life!
@ idea_hamster,
It's already under "authoritarian" rule, that of the Kosher Bolshevik led banksters, as well as the threat of being turned into third world chum with mass third world immigration being pushed by that same Kosher ethno-religious mafia.
this ranking would cast Greece in a better light if it was a global ranking, instead of an european one
further, I believe it was Acet who pointed out that this "Perception Index" is faulty, then there are two kinds of corruption: the street-level one and the "high-level" one
Britain, in his example, has nearly no street-level corruption. generally speaking if you get a ticket, don't try to bribe the policemen. Yet this changes radically if you are talking about Old Boy's clubs and high-level politicians
Finns are very clear about why they use the EUR, btw. And no, in general they would not take your hint about "competitive" devaluation very kindly. Yet they don't want to be stuck with an own, small national currency in this currency war environment (note how many small european currencies are hiding under the EUR's gowns, starting with the floor on the CHF), and they have Russia next door, the main reason why they are in the EU in the first place
btw, do you realize that devaluation is the equivalent of lowering all salaries? who gets the shaft? or are you assuming that the whole world has a big mortgage on an underwater house?
Which came first: corruption or poverty?
The only reason the U.S.A. isn't a bright shade of crimson is because institutionalized corruption exists in the form of lobbyists and corporate-funded PACs. The United States has two sets of laws, one for the rich people and one for everyone else.
Greek corruption has always been atrocious. It goes all the way back to Ulysses and the Trojan Horse. But they are still getting screwed by Germany. Screw the Nazis.
Greenland are just effing do-gooders.
What, both of them?
You really can't be all that corrupt when everyone knows everyone.
Most Corrupt = People take it in the ass the most.....Go Figure...Go USA!!!
You can lie to yourself, and wank off to cheat on your wife though.
Who cares about Greece? Oh yeah George Stephenopolous does.
Moar Ouzo...
Come on, Italy! You can do it!
And I'm pretty sure it's Red-China ... just ask the locals.
As corrupt as they may be perceived, they can't hold a candle to what is going on over here.
Sad, but true Doc.
I prefered the old days when at least they hid it behind closed doors.
Just as corrupt , but not in your face.
Anybody would think the end is near or something.
Agreed, I was shocked to see the US as 70-79... until I noticed the key word in the title "Corruption Perceptions Index 2013."
Exactly
perceived corrupt (by the MSM?).
Anyhow, focusing on nations ignores the international aspect of it all.
Does, for example, corruption in 'drug cartel' Mexico, occupied Iraq, or artificially-made Kosovo have anything to do with foreign activities?
The "perceptions" ought instead take notice of who is doing the corrupting, not just who was corrupted.
Well, for sure, USA holds international title
as #1 CORRUPTER of nations.
They are just doing it wrong. Should have a look at germany - far more corrupt, but way more sophisticated ...
Spain and the rest should learn from Greece.
Keep threatening the EU to default and keep getting bailed out.
Germany, work harder and share your wealth.
Weird that Canada scores so well, considering we've got a dismally corrupt Senate.
But isn't the senate useless anyway?
Aren't all politicians?
And when you are corrupt..you always come first in any bailout or change...you take the cream off the top...so any help is far and few....it takes a lot longer and costs more
So.....when does the investigation into who helped Greece skirt the Euro contract to allow such a corrupt and personally wealthy government?
Haha, Denmar is the least corrupt but they are selling their energy company to Goldman Sachs!
BULLSHIT LIST.
"because" they're selling themselves to Goldman Sachs.
Italy was only second worst because they paid TI to put Greece last.
When a person realizes they are worthless and have no useful skills, yet want to be rich. There is only one avenue to wealth, corruption.
There are a lot of useless people in power today, hence the incredible level of corruption around the world. You could kill off the top 1% of the world and not lose a single bit of valuable knowledge.
What is corruption anyway? Can it be assumed any country is, that continues to run up debt when there is no pressing reason to do so, and that refuses to address the structural spending and lifestyle changes that are required to maintain the best level of fiscal health, corrupt? And aren't the people, themselves, corrupt that vote in politicians that refuse to address these problems?
And why do you think there is a corruption problem? C'mon guess...
Because, "its glorious to become wealthy"?
or
"The love of money is the root of all evil"?
And then break it down by class and occupation. Betting 'wealthy' and 'politicians' break the charts.
US is still a few shades too light.
The US should be sunburned.
Perceived corruption is what I believe is being measured, and from that standpoint, it makes sense. A lot of our corruption is not in your face and there is still a lot of USA! USA! USA! style cognitive dissonance. Even at the local level, see what it takes to score a homicide conviction when a cop intentionally kills somebody in a situation that would get you or I fried.
So trying to make a buck without the gov't taking 50% is corrupt?
where is libor, gold, stock markets etc manipulation done from? the sheep will be voting out the weakests for the wolf next.
Some years ago Iceland was ranked #1 and i told my friends this must be the end of the world.
Why isn´t the EU doing more?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-M2dscDJ0E
Europe's missing billions
What a joke... Here in Sweden the corruption is at every corner. Perhaps corruption looks diffrent here that in Greece.
Nice to see that we are helping to make Afghanistan THE most corrupt place on earth.
Thanks, Al-CIA-dah. Gives "War on Terror" a whole new meaning.
chart porn
It's time somebody made the same analysis to cover the cronyism, lying and plain outright incompetence in the European Parliament, the ECB, the IMF and any other dumbfuck interfering "world improver" who has ever been involved in the "saving" of Europe.
If it's possible to find an honest appraisal not one of them will score into double figures.
Clearly, Washington, DC is not in Europe.
Not credible (I mean, the World chart).
The US must be in the 1st place just to worth the reading.
I would re-title:
"Greece is the place where people is more aware of government corruption" kind of.
"World map of corruption awareness".
/sarc.
At least in Finland the respondents to this survey were politicians, and employer and employee union representatives; that's the most corrupt categories. No wonder they responded "no corruption here, move along" :-)
I live in Canada and that we are yellow is total BS. Not a day passes by that we do not hear about a new scandal. Also the mayors of major cities in my region are all getting arrested for horrible crimes lately. When they do get caught we of course have to pay them a very high 6 digits severance package, not to mention the pension.
And it was proven in court that the intire construction industry here is in collusion/owned by mafia and 2.5 % fo the money for each government contract goes directly to them as a "fee". That is only the tip of the iceberg. Public unions here are also thugs and they to do hesitate to make people suffer to get what they want.
Well, that's true. Never, never try to pribe finnish police officer.It's 100% you will go to jail. Some stupid russians try that.
*perceived corruption, actual corruption isn't based on belief.
In sheer dollars looted, the US gov smokes 'em all.
We need an index that measures the average citizens level of corruption. The Chinese would easily move up in the rankings as would the US. The middle east would still be a shite hole but the North African countries would plunge to new lows. I don't think I've met a people that are more corrupt than the North Africans as a whole.