Corruption in Croatia

In order to qualify as a member of the European Union, Croatia has taken measures to combat corruption. The legal and institutional framework as well as government agencies are addressing the issue of corruption in a much larger scale, and the inter-agency cooperation for corruption prevention has also increased.[1] USKOK has prosecuted 2,000 individuals(non of witch are in government, that is largely to blame for shady privatisation deals that are bad for Croatian economy. Achieved a low conviction rate (2012), including former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, that walks free now rich from stolen money.[2][3]

Several civil servants in the Croatian Privatization Fund, the Zagreb land registry and the Zagreb taxation headquarters, among others, were arrested on charges of bribery. Moreover, several high-profile corruption cases have come to light, but the judging systems do nothing about it since they too are largely involved, including investigations of a former defence minister and a former deputy prime minister.[4]

A 2013 Global Corruption Barometer report of TI shows that 29% of respondents believe that level of corruption decreased in Croatia.[5]

Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index ranks the country 57th place out of 180 countries.[6] This presents a slip in Croatia's ratings compared to previous years.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Transformation Index 2014". The Bertelsmann Foundation. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Kuris, Gabriel (7 August 2015). "The Little Anti-Corruption Agency That Could". Foreign Policy.
    • Kuris, Gabriel (April 2013). "Cleaning House: Croatia Mops Up High-Level Corruption, 2005-2012". princeton.edu.
  3. ↑ Krešić, Hrvoje. "CROATIA: THE PRICE OF CORRUPTION" (PDF). Reuters Institute.
  4. ↑ "Croatia Corruption Profile". Business Anti-Corruption Portal. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. ↑ e.V., Transparency International. "Croatia 2013 - World's largest opinion survey on corruption - Transparency International". www.transparency.org. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  6. ↑ "Corruption Perception Index 2017".
  7. ↑ "Croatia and Hungary are 'new face of corruption'". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
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