International Transparency states that Venezuela descended at the score with respect to 2023, when it registered 13 points. It is preceded by South Sudan and Somalia
The 2024 corruption perception index shows that corruption is a dangerous problem in all parts of the world and becomes an important threat to climate action. The International Transparency Report placed Venezuela among the worst countries, obtaining 10 points, which leads him to occupy the third place of the most corrupt, preceded by South Sudan and Somalia.
These three countries worsened their results in 2024, with respect to corruption in 2023, in which Venezuela registered 13 points, the same as South Sudan, and only two more points than Somalia.
He document International transparency, published on Tuesday, February 11, which classifies perceptions on the level of corruption, indicated that it continued unchanged at 43 points over 100, a value that is repeated for the thirteenth consecutive year.
The CPI classifies 180 countries and territories around the world according to their perceived levels of corruption in the public sector. The results are expressed on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
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The other countries that obtained less than 50 points are: Honduras (22, one less point), Paraguay (24, four less), Guatemala (25, two more), Mexico (26, five less) Bolivia (28, one less) , El Salvador (30, one less), Peru (31, two less), Ecuador (32, two less), Panama (33, two less), Brazil (34, two less), Dominican Republic (36, one more) , Argentina (37, without changes), Colombia (39, one less) and Cuba (41, one less).
International transparency data argue that although 32 countries have significantly reduced their corruption levels, there is still a lot of work to be done. He adds that 148 nations have stagnated or worsened.
Environmental crimes and impunity
The international transparency document shows the weakness of the institutions and the lack of transparency allow organized crime to control vast areas of the region of the Americas, where natural resources are exploited without taking into account the consequences for the environment, and does so with Total freedom of action and impunity.
This facilitates environmental crimes, such as illegal felling in Ecuador, illegal mining in Chile and Colombia, and wildlife trafficking in Brazil, adds the Berlin -based NGO.
Throughout the region of the Americas, whose average score is 42 out , bribes and the manipulation of environmental policies for their own benefit.
«We must eradicate corruption immediately before it ends up hindering significant climatic actions. Governments and multilateral organizations must integrate measures against corruption into climatic initiatives to safeguard finance, restore confidence and maximize impact, ”said Maíra Martini, executive director of IT.
For his part, Luciana Torchiaro, Regional Advisor of International Transparency for Latin America and the Caribbean, said that «the application of firmer sanctions, as well as greater regulation to banks and lawyers that facilitate corrupt and criminal They constitute essential measures to dismantle corruption networks ».
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