Romania ranks first in EU regarding the perception of corruption, anticorruption watch dog says

For the same indicator in Europe, Romania ranks fourth after Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania. Globally, Romania, a country which joined the European bloc at the beginning of the year with the pledge to stamp out corruption, is in the first platoon of countries perceived as plagued by corruption.

Romania is in the first line of countries where citizens give bribe, a fact which pushed the corruption index up. Last year, one of five Romanians admitted giving bribe while this year one of three, according to Victor Alistar, executive manager of TI Romania.

The survey was conducted on 1,054 individuals from June 25 to July 2, 2007.

Source: NewsIn