Lost Battle against corruption
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The Institution of Statistics published for the first time the results
of a poll that tries to measure the real corruption level in Albania, by
asking 5700 citizens all over the country. The results show that 1 in 3
citizens that knock on state administration doors, either pays,
either has been asked for a bribe.
“28% of the Albanian citizens that answered to the questionnaire have been exposed to bribes. 19.3 of them have paid a bribe in the last 12 months”, says Anisa Omuri, from Instat INSTAT.
The most shocking phenomenon is that the Albanian citizens pay for receiving a public service that they are entitled to receive for free. The poll shows that most of the bribes are paid in hospitals for doctors and nurses.
“70% of them pay bribes for better treatment, 9% for accelerating the procedures, and 12 % for finalizing the procedures or for showing gratitude”, Omuri declared.
But how does the corruption machinery work in Albania?
“In 30% of the cases, the bribe is paid voluntarily by the citizens. 50% is insinuated to them by the state officials. In 10% of the cases it is explicitly asked by the respective official or a mediator”, Omuri declared.
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