Corruption levels are perceived to be high by surveyed residents of

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, and public trust in key institutions remains low.

Dynamics

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, public administration recruitment processes, mining and rail operations are sectors with a serious problem of conflict of interest. The European Commission has raised concern over Serbia's judiciary, police, health and education sectors that are particularly vulnerable to corruption. Corruption is considered the most problematic factor for doing business in Serbia, followed by inefficient government bureaucracy.

Anti-corruption efforts

Even though Serbia has made progress in the investigation of high-level corruption cases, the implementation of anti-corruption laws is weak. According to

Global Corruption Barometer The Global Corruption Barometer published by Transparency International is the largest survey in the world tracking public opinion on corruption. It surveys 114,000 people in 107 countries on their view of corruption. Have you paid a bribe in 2013? ...

2016, 22% of Serbian citizens who had contact with public institutions included in research (traffic police, public health, educational system, courts - civil litigation, public services that issue official documents, departments responsible for social welfare), had paid bribe at least once in the previous year.

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's 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index scored Serbia at 38 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("highly clean"). When ranked by score, Serbia ranked 96th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. For comparison, the best score was 88 (ranked 1), and the worst score was 11 (ranked 180).

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concluded at the presentation of the 2015 Index that systemic measures for preventing corruption had not been implemented and activities to suppress corruption, although highly publicized by the media, had not resulted in court proceedings.

References

External links

Serbia Corruption Profile
from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal {{Europe topic , Corruption in Crime in Serbia by type Government of Serbia Society of Serbia

Dynamics

Anti-corruption efforts

See also

References

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