Lidija Prokic
Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey, Hungary Corruption Worsening, Transparency Says
Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia got their worst corruption scores in ten years in the latest Global Perceptions Corruption Index, CPI, which the watchdog organisation Transparency International published on Tuesday.
Clientelist Networks Lie Behind Western Balkans State Capture – Transparency
Political elites and their grip on power are the main driving force behind state capture in the Western Balkans and Turkey, a new Transparency International report asserts.
The report, "Examining state capture", published on Tuesday, notes "two key enabling factors of state capture in the Western Balkans and Turkey: impunity for high-level corruption and tailor-made laws".
New Transparency Report Gives Balkan Countries Poor Scores
Transparency International's new report on perceived levels of public-sector corruption says Balkan countries are seen as highly corrupt and all of them have below-average ratings.
Albania has the worst score of the Balkan states, closely followed by Kosovo and Macedonia.