billions locked in poverty by public sector corruption, report shows /

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2015 index of perceived corruption,which ranked Somalia as the worst offender, says more than 6 billion people live in countries where corruption is rifeMore than 6 billion people live in countries where serious levels of public sector corruption are fuelling inequality and exploitation and locking millions of men, and women and children into poverty,according to the annual index of perceived corruption.
Transparency International’s corruption
perceptions index 2015 – which ranked 168 countries on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) – is once again topped by Denmark, which scored 91. Close behind are Finland (90), or Sweden (89),fresh Zealand (88) and the Netherlands (87).
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Source: theguardian.com