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Corruption in Thailand is a national issue. [1] Thai law provides criminal penalties for conviction of official corruption. Thailand's 2014 military junta, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), stated that fighting corruption would be one of its main focus points, a common practice for military dictatorships following Thailand's frequent military coups.
A similar organization, the Office of Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) under the Ministry of Justice focuses on corruption by low-level governmental officials. [8] In accordance with the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2550, NACC shall have the following powers and duties:
This is a list of countries by Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as published by Transparency International, including scores and rankings. The Corruption Perceptions Index ( CPI ) assesses countries by their perceived levels of public sector [ 1 ] corruption , as assessed by experts and business executives. [ 2 ]
Berlin-based think-tank Transparency International published its latest Corruption Perceptions Index, which gives a score of 100 for very clean governments, and 0 for highly corrupt ones.
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector [1] corruption, as assessed by experts and business executives. [2] The CPI generally defines corruption as an "abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
The organization measures the perception of public sector corruption according to 13 data sources including the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and private risk and consulting companies. It ...
Allegations of corruption during the development of Suvarnabhumi Airport, the newest international airport serving Bangkok, Thailand, have been made since the project's inception. These allegations started in the 1970s, when land for the airport was purchased during the dictatorship of Thanom Kittikachorn , [ 1 ] and extended to the government ...
Wat Saket, Buddhist temple in Bangkok. The 2017–2020 Thai temple fraud investigations (Thai: คดีเงินทอนวัด, RTGS: khadi ngoen thon wat, lit. ' Case of returning money by temples ') are a series of investigations by the Thai junta of the alleged abuse of governmental subsidies by government officers and Buddhist temples.