POLL SHOWS LESS PERCEIVED CORRUPTION IN EU THAN IN 2013
December 1st, 2019
A survey that the European Commission released for International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9 has shown that fewer European Union (EU) businesses contend that corruption is widespread than in 2013. But at 63% - compared to 75% in 2013 – the number believing corruption is widespread remains significant. A majority of the 7,722 companies surveyed were also sceptical about how corruption is tackled in the EU, with 51% of them believing that corrupt people or businesses are unlikely to be caught by or reported to the police or prosecutors. In both 2019 and ...
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