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India, Asia's 4th most corrupt nation
April 10, 2009
13. United States
Elsewhere in the world too, corruption is not unknown. For example, corruption in the United States is much lower than that of Japan with a score of 2.89. There are few corruption cases involving high officials. Corruption among law enforcement officers has been observed in the US.
The US is a leader in fighting corruption, both domestically and overseas. In 1977, it became the first country to pass a law making bribery of foreign officials a crime.
The United States has the strongest record of any OECD Anti-Bribery Convention signatory, with 103 prosecutions, and severe penalties, states The Heritage Foundation study.
Image: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (L), Barack Obama and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley during a rally in Chicago in 2007. Blagojevich, was arrested on December 9, 2008 on 'staggering' corruption charges that alleged he tried to sell the US Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat (and now US President) Barack Obama.. | Photograph: John Gress/Reuters.
Also read: Why the US is losing foreign graduates
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