Corruption in Serbia
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Corruption in Serbia describes the prevention and occurrence of corruption in Serbia. Corruption levels are perceived to be high by surveyed residents of Serbia, and public trust in key institutions remains low.{{cite web|title=The Global Integrity Report 2011- Serbia|url=http://www.globalintegrity.org/report/Serbia/2011|publisher=Global Integrity|accessdate=22 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430094653/http://www.globalintegrity.org/report/Serbia/2011|archive-date=30 April 2013|url-status=dead}}
Dynamics
Public procurement, public administration recruitment processes, mining and rail operations are sectors with a serious problem of conflict of interest. The European Commission has raised concerns over Serbia's judiciary, police, health and education sectors that are particularly vulnerable to corruption.{{cite web|title=SERBIA 2013 PROGRESS REPORT|url=http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2013/package/sr_rapport_2013.pdf|publisher=European Commission|accessdate=22 April 2014}} Corruption is considered the most problematic factor for doing business in Serbia, followed by inefficient government bureaucracy.{{cite web|title=Business Corruption in Serbia|url=http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/europe-central-asia/serbia/show-all.aspx|publisher=Business Anti-Corruption Portal|accessdate=14 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823225910/http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/europe-central-asia/serbia/show-all.aspx|archive-date=23 August 2016|url-status=dead}}
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 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.{{cite web|title=Global Corruption Barometer 2016 Serbia|url=http://www.transparentnost.org.rs/index.php/en/110-english/naslovna/8711-unreported-corruption-is-the-biggest-problem-measures-of-the-state-so-far-without-success|publisher=Transparency Serbia|accessdate=2 November 2016}}
Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index scored Serbia at 35 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Serbia ranked 105th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.{{Cite web |title=The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/how-cpi-scores-are-calculated |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=Transparency.org|language=en}} For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 8 (ranked 180).{{Cite web |title=Corruption Perceptions Index 2024: Serbia |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2024/index/srb |access-date=5 April 2025 |website=Transparency.org |language=en}} For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among Eastern European and Central Asian countries {{refn |Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |group="Note"}} was 53, the average score was 35, and the lowest score was 17.{{Cite web |title=CPI 2024 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Vicious cycle of weak democracy and flourishing corruption |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/cpi-2024-eastern-europe-central-asia--vicious-cycle-weak-democracy-flourishing-corruption |date=11 February 2025 |access-date=5 April 2025 |website=Transparency.org|language=en}}
Serbia's score of 35 in 2024 was its lowest since the Corruption Perceptions Index began its current system of scoring in 2012. Transparency International reported in 2023 that the autocratic government of Serbia controls the justice system and prevents the prosecution of corrupt officials. Of the state prosecutor's office, Transparency International wrote: "This politically captured justice institution is failing to protect the public interest at a crucial time, reducing the country’s ability to stop corruption."{{Cite web |title=CPI 2023 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Autocracy & weak justice systems enabling widespread corruption |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/cpi-2023-eastern-europe-central-asia-autocracy-weak-justice-systems-widespread-enabling-corruption |access-date=27 February 2024 |website=Transparency.org|language=en}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160823225910/http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/europe-central-asia/serbia/show-all.aspx Serbia Corruption Profile] from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal
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