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Czech Republic ranks among Europe's most corrupt

Tue, Dec 01 2009 10:24 CET

byThe Prague Post

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Czech Republic ranks among Europe's most corrupt

Theft and graft are increasingly becoming a way of life in the Czech Republic, according to results from two recent studies.

The Czech Republic fell from 45th place in 2008 to 52nd on this year's Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. The Czech Republic has a 4.9 mark on a 10-point scale and ranks 22 out of 27 European Union member states, ahead of Latvia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece. 

"An anti-corruption strategy by the government does not exist," said David Ondráčka, director of Transparency International Czech Republic. "The former government had an anti-corruption strategy as a priority only verbally, and they markedly opened the door for private interests to influence political decision making."

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