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  2. The 10 Most Corrupt Countries in the World, Ranked By ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  3. Corruption - Wikipedia

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    Grand corruption is defined as corruption occurring at the highest levels of government in a way that requires significant subversion of the political, legal and economic systems. Such corruption is commonly found in countries with authoritarian or dictatorial governments but also in those without adequate policing of corruption. [29]

  4. Corruption Perceptions Index - Wikipedia

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    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".

  5. Political corruption - Wikipedia

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    Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary but can include bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, parochialism, patronage, influence peddling, graft, and embezzlement.

  6. The world's 20 most corrupt countries - AOL

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    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.

  7. Latin America is not making progress against corruption. The ...

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    Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland are the least corrupt countries in the ranking. The United States comes in as the 24th most honest in the index.

  8. Kleptocracy - Wikipedia

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    Kleptocracy (from Greek κλέπτης kléptēs, "thief", or κλέπτω kléptō, "I steal", and -κρατία-kratía from κράτος krátos, "power, rule"), also referred to as thievocracy, [1] [2] is a government whose corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) use political power to expropriate the wealth of the people and land they govern, typically by embezzling or misappropriating government ...

  9. Corruption in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Corruption in the United States dates back to the founding of the country. The American Revolution was, in part, a response to the perceived corruption of the British monarchy. Separation of powers was developed to enable accountability. [2] Freedom of association also served this end, allowing citizens to organize independently of the ...