The annual Transparency International report for 2021, January 25, 2022, shows that corruption is rife world-wide and that those countries with strong free speech and press and supportive legal systems are better equipped to fight it. The top performers in checking corruption are Denmark, Finland and New Zealand. The bottom are South Sudan, Syria and Somalia. And while Denmark has a score of 88, the U.S. weighs in at 67, below Canada and Uruguay.
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