The yearly Corruption Perceptions Index just came out. Who got the gold medal?
Curious about the world’s most — and least — corrupt countries? On Wednesday Transparency International (TI), a well-known NGO devoted to global anti-corruption, released its annual scorecard.
TI’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) shows the United States now sits in 16th place (of 180 territories), with a score of 75 out of 100. That’s a small improvement on the 2016 index in which the United States was 18th with a score of 74.
Yet barely a day seems to go by without new corruption allegation s involving the Trump administration — including conflicts of interest among top officials and obstruction of justice claims against the president himself.… Seguir leyendo »