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Anti-Corruption Officials Discovered Taking Bribes

By Ethisphere.com

Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission reported yesterday that it uncovered a number of its own officials taking bribes while on the job, where they were supposed to try and curb bribery themselves. The Commission says it will “take action” against the 28 officials, including sending 11 of them to court, according to a report published on Yahoo! News.

The Anti-Corruption Commission was reinstated last January and “made independent and given strong powers in an effort to clean up the country’s graft-tainted reputation,” according to the story.

The report also points out that Bangladesh is annually rated as one of the most corrupt countries in the world by Transparency International. While the discovery of the bribery is laudable, it’s also a testament to that ranking.

Full post as published by Ethisphere Blog - Good. Smart. Business. Profit. on July 09, 2008 (boomark / email).