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Baku / 01.29.1919 / Turan: In terms of corruption, Azerbaijan occupies the 152nd place among 180 countries of the world. Thus, the country dropped 30 points lower than last year. These are the findings of the Corruption Index, published on January 29 by Transparency International.
The organization"s report notes that over the past five years, there has been a positive trend in the level of corruption in Azerbaijan. However, last year there were revealed facts of bribing European structures and activists from Azerbaijan in order to hide the negative processes in the country. In particular, the report Azerbaijan Laundromat revealed large-scale facts of organized bribery and transfer of huge sums of money to Council of Europe deputies, the report noted.
It should be noted that Georgia ranked 41st in the Corruption Index, Armenia - 105th, Russia and Iran - 138th.
The corruption index is determined by experts based on data analysis. -16D-
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