Romania ranks 69th in corruption index

The "Transparency International" organisation has published its 2007 international Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Cristian Campeanu comments on Romania's ranking: "We share place 69 - out of a total of 180 - with Ghana, and this despite the fact that Romania is supposed to have made important progress thanks to its EU accession. We rank lower than Columbia, the global epicentre of cocaine smuggling, Bulgaria, where the mafia shoots people in broad daylight, and Turkey, where words like 'Bakschich' (bribery) were invented. Naturally it's all a matter of perception... Nonetheless we still ask ourselves why Romania is perceived as so corrupt. The only honest answer is: because it is... When government officials - from city councils to ministries - are corrupt, and police officers, public prosecutors, judges and MPs too, you get the feeling you're trapped, and this reinforces the perception that corruption is everywhere."

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