Apr 17, 2024. Posted by Periscope - Hellas
Sofia.
In 2023,
30% of individuals and a quarter of businesses reported increased pressure and
involvement in corruption, according to the latest report of the Center for the
Study of Democracy. Against this background, the law enforcement system has an
efficiency of 0.01%.
In 2023, administrative corruption once again peaked, with 35% of the public reporting having been asked for a bribe and 30% having been involved in corruption transactions at least on some occasions in the preceding year.
53% say
they would accept a bribe and 67% believe that corruption cannot be
significantly reduced.
"For
businesses, in fact, corruption has normalized to such an extent that they
prefer to give upfront, even before they are asked. And if we compare the data
and similar data from other surveys with the data from police statistics, we
are faced with something we have called the deterrence effect and we have
measured it by 0.001%," said Dr. Todor Galev, Director of Research, CSD.
"81%
believe that corruption is widespread in the country, which compares to 70% in
the EU. The same is true for the business climate", said Yordanka
Chobanova, Head, EC Representation in Bulgaria.
Bnt
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