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As many as 86% of all Bulgarians believe the country’s judiciary is affected by corruption, according to Transparency International’s latest Global Corruption Barometer.
A total of 13% of Bulgarian responders have reported paying a bribe to the judiciary over the past year, according to the world’s largest public opinion survey on corruption from Transparency International.
Some 78% of Bulgarians believe the country’s medical and health services are affected by corruption, while 76% say political parties are corrupt.
The country’s Parliament comes next, with 71% of Bulgarian nationals describing it as affected by graft.
Next in the list are police (65%), public officials and civil servants (64%), business (63%), religious bodies and media (both 49%).
About 49% of Bulgarian responders agree that ordinary people can make a difference in the fight against corruption.
More than 50% of people worldwide thinks corruption has worsened in the last two years, according to the world’s largest public opinion survey on corruption from Transparency International, but survey participants also firmly believe they can make a difference and have the will to take action against graft.
The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 is a survey of 114,000 people in 107 countries and it shows corruption is widespread. 27% of respondents have paid a bribe when accessing public services and institutions in the last 12 months, revealing no improvement from previous surveys.
Still, nearly 9 out of 10 people surveyed said they would act against corruption and two-thirds of those who were asked to pay a bribe had refused, suggesting that governments, civil society and the business sector need to do more to engage people in thwarting corruption.
The Global Corruption Barometer 2013 also found that in too many countries the institutions people rely on to fight corruption and other crime are themselves not trusted. 36 countries view police as the most corrupt, and in those countries an average of 53% of people had been asked to pay a bribe to the police. 20 countries view the judiciary as the most corrupt, and in those countries an average of 30% of the people who had come in contact with the judicial systems had been asked to pay a bribe.
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