The world today is plagued with some of the biggest issues of all time. The plague of corruption is intertwined in most of them, threatening the prosperity and stability of many countries.\u00a0Corruption negatively impacts several aspects of society and is intertwined with conflict and instability jeopardising social and economic development and undermining democratic institutions and the rule of law.<\/p>\n
Corruption fuels conflict and hampers peace by undermining the rule of law, and facilitating the illegal use of resources for armed conflict or illicit substances like drugs.<\/p>\n
The United Nations designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption and of the role of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in combating and preventing it. The Convention entered into force in December 2005.<\/p>\n
The 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) looks at driving home the crucial link between anti-corruption and peace, security, and development. Tackling this crime is the right and responsibility of everyone, and this is possible only through cooperation and the involvement of all people and institutions in play, says the United Nations<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Corruption Perceptions Index<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(CPI<\/b>), published annually by the non-governmental organisation\u00a0Transparency International<\/a> ranked 180 countries “on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)” based on the situation between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021. As per the CPI, <\/sup>Denmark<\/a>,\u00a0New Zealand<\/a>,\u00a0Finland<\/a>,\u00a0Singapore<\/a>, and\u00a0Sweden<\/a>\u00a0are perceived as the least corrupt nations in the world, ranking consistently high among international\u00a0financial transparency<\/a>, while the most apparently corrupt are\u00a0Syria<\/a>,\u00a0Somalia<\/a>, and South Sudan<\/a>.<\/sup><\/p>\nSome staggering stats on corruption<\/h2>\n