The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025 ranks 182 countries and territories: the global average dropped to 42, and 122 countries score below 50, signalling widespread public sector corruption.

Source: Debbie Peterson Gallup polls report that as of September 2026, perceptions of government corruption in the United States are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89 percent of U.S. adults ...

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Last July, the Globe reported that Steward Health Care was under investigation for corruption in its international business — specifically, its ill-fated foray into Malta. Now, ordinarily US ...

Berlin, 10 February 2026 – Corruption is worsening globally, with even established democracies experiencing rising corruption amid a decline in leadership, according to Transparency International’s ...

Every time a Filipino politician or high-ranking government official pockets public funds, sells a permit, or “bends a law” for a bribe, the country loses more than money. Corruption steals society’s ...

In the past several weeks, President Donald Trump, who has never been fastidious about separating public and private business, has been involved in a remarkable number of potential conflicts of ...

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