Feature: South Africa scores below 'flawed democracies' in corruption index
Those abusing power escape accountability and the widespread harm to victims goes unremedied.
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Those abusing power escape accountability and the widespread harm to victims goes unremedied.
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Most countries not making progress against corruption
Sri Lanka has slipped further down places in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index, from a rank of 38 in 2018 to 34 this year. Transparency cites that the weak scores reflect the lack of delivery by elected officials on anti-corruption agendas, together with crackdowns on civil society and attacks on freedoms of press, assembly, and association.
The 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index shows most countries have made little to no progress in tackling public sector corruption