Corruption in Slovenia
Extent
Transparency International's 2021 Global Corruption Barometer surveyed Slovenians and asked if most or all of the people in specific public, business and NGO institutions were corrupt. The institution pointed out by the largest percentage of survey respondents (39%) as corrupt was the prime minister, followed by national government officials (28% of survey respondents), members of parliament (24%), and bankers (24%). In the same survey, 4% of Slovenians reported that they had paid a bribe to a public servant in the last 12 months, and 51% thought that corruption had increased during that period.{{cite web |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/gcb/eu/european-union-2021/results/svn |title=European Union: 2nd-2021 |author= |website=Transparency.org |publisher=Transparency International |access-date=27 February 2024}}
In January 2013, thousands of Slovenians joined the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption and took to the streets, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Janez Janša and opposition leader Zoran Janković because both had been accused of failing to properly declare their personal assets. The Commission accused both of “systemic, gross and repeated violations of the anti-corruption legislation”. The month after the protest, Janša was ousted in a no-confidence vote. In June 2013, Janša was convicted of corruption in connection with a 2006 defence contract and given a two-year prison sentence.{{cite news|title=Slovenia Ex-Premier Janša Gets Two Years in Prison on Bribes|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=5 June 2013 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-05/slovenia-s-ex-premier-jansa-convicted-of-graft-in-military-deal.html|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=16 December 2013}} The conviction was unanimously overturned by the Constitutional Court on 23 April 2015.{{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/constitutional-court-overturned-the-convictions-in-the-patria-case/363556 |title=Constitutional court overturned the convictions in the Patria case |publisher=MMC RTV Slovenia |date=23 April 2015}} However, Zoran Janković, continued his mandate as mayor of Ljubljana.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ljubljana.si/sl/mestna-obcina/zupan/|title=Župan Mestne občine Ljubljana}}
Slovenia has been stagnating in the field of corruption for at least 5 years. Major systemic measures are needed to lower the level of corruption in Slovenia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.zurnal24.si/slovenija/slovenija-brez-napredka-na-lestvici-indeksa-zaznave-korupcije-305324|title=Slovenija brez napredka na lestvici Indeksa zaznave korupcije}}
Areas
= Public =
On Transparency International's 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, Slovenia scored 60 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Slovenia ranked 36th 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 |date=11 February 2025 |access-date=5 April 2025 |website=Transparency.org|language=en}} For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among Western European and European Union countries {{refn |Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom |group="Note"}} was 90, the average score was 64 and the lowest score was 41.{{Cite web |title=CPI 2024 for Western Europe & EU: Leaders’ hollow efforts cause worsening corruption levels |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/news/cpi-2024-western-europe-eu-leaders-hollow-efforts-cause-worsening-corruption-levels |access-date=5 April 2025 |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: Slovenia |url=https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2024/index/svn|access-date=5 April 2025 |website=Transparency.org |language=en}}
= Business =
According to Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer 2013, the private sector is scored 3.3 on a 5-point scale (1 being 'not at all corrupt' and 5 being 'extremely corrupt').{{cite web|title=Global Corruption Barometer 2013|url=http://www.transparency.org/gcb2013|publisher=Transparency International|accessdate=16 December 2013}}
According to the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, corruption ranks among the top-five most problematic factors for doing business in Slovenia, after access to financing, inefficient government bureaucracy, restrictive labour regulations and tax rates. However, surveyed executives report that public funds are rarely diverted due to corruption, and the ethical behaviour of companies is considered relatively high.{{cite web|title=Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014|url=http://www.weforum.org/|publisher=The World Economic Forum|accessdate=16 December 2013}}
= Police =
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131221110353/http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/europe-central-asia/slovenia/snapshot.aspx Slovenia Corruption Profile] from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal
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