Dominican Republic It is one of the seven countries that, worldwide, have advanced in the indices of corruption In recent years, but it still has “a long way” to go, he said Tuesday International Transparency (YOU).
In its latest report, that organization places Dominican Republic with 36 points in the perception index of the Corruption 2024 (CPI, with a scale from 0 to 100, from a lot to very low corruption), When the average of America is located in 42, with Uruguay at the head (76).
Yes ok International Transparency values the “effective” actions carried out against the corruption that they have allowed him to upload six points in the last four years, he affirms that this Caribbean country still has a long way to go to combat the impunity.
Specifically, International Transparency Consider that “Dominican Republic You must accelerate current cases of large cases corruption before it is dismissed to fail the legal deadlines. “
Worldwide, the report places this country among the seven that in the last five years “have significantly improved” their score in the index: Ivory coast (45), Dominican Republic (36), Kosovo (44), Kuwait (46), Maldives (38), Moldova (43) and Zambia (39).
On the contrary, its neighbor Haiti is located in the last positions of America and also globally, with 16 points, being one of the states “permeated by the racketeering and affected by human rights violations. “
Next to Haiti also appear, in the last positions of America: Nicaragua (14) and Venezuela (10).
