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Denmark, Finland, Singapore, New Zealand, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland and Sweden, (all scoring above 80 over the last four years), are perceived as the least corrupt nations in the world — ranking consistently high among international financial transparency — while the most apparently corrupt is South Sudan (scoring 8), along with ...
As of 2025, the United States scores 65 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean") according to Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index. When ranked by score, the United States ranks 28th among the 180 countries in the index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector ...
This is a list of notable U.S. state officials convicted of only certain federal public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. The list is organized by office. Acquitted officials are not listed (if an official was acquitted on some counts, and convicted on others, the counts of conviction are list
Most notably, § 201(b) prohibits the receipt of bribes, and § 201(c) prohibits the receipt of unlawful gratuities, by federal public officials. Lesser used statutes include conspiracy to defraud the United States (enacted 1867) [ 6 ] and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) (enacted 1977).
Image credits: Marinerprocess #3. Maybe not the most corrupt, but one of the most slimy. The weekend watch commander and four officers were stealing money from people brought in intoxicated.
In the U.S. News survey, respondents answered how closely they related each of the 80 countries to the term 'corrupt.'
Colombia is perceived to be the most corrupt country in the world, according to U.S. News' 2020 Best Countries rankings, a characterization of 73 countries based on a survey of more than 20,000 ...
State Delegate Richard Impallaria (R) pleaded guilty to multiple counts of theft, misconduct in office, and illegal ammunition and gun possession. (2023) [80] [81] State Secretary of Information Technology Isabel Fitzgerald (-) convicted of bribery. (2022) [82] [83] State Delegate Cheryl Glenn (D) pleaded guilty to accepting $33,000 in bribes ...