A stewpot of corruption

[Goldensilence]

US? Bueller? Bueller? Anybody?



NEW YORK - Nearly half of the world's nations are corrupt, and many of them aren't doing very much about it at all.

From corrupt courts and police to government ministries, even heads of state, the most fundamental rights and government services are dispensed largely to those who pay for it--under the table into just the right hands.

By international standards, 72 of 158 nations monitored by Transparency International and a German-based think tank at the University of Passau are deemed corrupt. They range from the tiny military dictatorship of Myanmar to some of the world's largest countries--Russia and Indonesia


http://www.forbes.com/2006/02/03/corrupt-nations-world-cx_daa_0206caphosp.html?partner=netscape