PARIS - Political parties are the public institutions most marred by corruption, an international watchdog group said Thursday in a new global survey marking the United Nations' first International Anti-Corruption Day.
People in Ecuador perceive their political system as the most corrupt, and Ukrainians and Romanians — both stung by recent allegations of election fraud — aren't far behind, according to Berlin-based Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer, which surveyed more than 50,000 people in 64 countries.
In much of Western Europe, as well as in the United States and Canada, the media were ranked among the top three institutions most affected by corruption. more
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=732&e=6&u=/ap/20041210/ap_on_re_eu/corruption_surveyOn the Net: Transparency International,
http://www.transparency.org/
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