Anti-corruption NGO Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) on Tuesday, in which it notes that the Americas have largely stagnated in the fight against corruption in recent years.
“A lack of bold, decisive action to fight corruption and strengthen public institutions is fueling organized criminal activities, undermining democracy and human rights, and threatening the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals,” Transparency International notes in its regional overview of the Americas (which includes the U.S. and Canada as well the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean).
The NGO goes on to note that 26 of the 32 countries surveyed in the region have “stagnant corruption levels.”
The CPI measures perceptions of public sector corruption in countries worldwide, then ranks them on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 is very clean and 0 is highly corrupt.
For 2022, the average score in the Americas is on par with the global...
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