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Most countries do little to combat corruption in arms trade
Transparency International estimates cost of corruption in defence sector amounts to at least $20bn a year Most countries, including a large majority of the world’s biggest weapons importers, lack the tools to prevent corruption in the arms trade, according to an unprecedented international study of national defence ministries and armed…
Most countries do little to combat corruption in arms trade, study finds
Transparency International estimates cost of corruption in defense sector amounts to at least $20 billion a year Most countries, including a large majority of the world’s biggest weapons importers, lack the tools to prevent corruption in the arms trade, according to an unprecedented international study of national defense ministries and…
A third of south Asians ‘made to pay bribes’ to officials
More than one in three south Asians say they were forced to bribe officials in the last year, mainly for services they were legally entitled to, an international anti-graft watchdog said Thursday. A survey released by Berlin-based Transparency International in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu showed bribery has become so endemic…
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