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Bribery study indicates a blurring of the lines

Dec 17, 2009
By Arta Ankrava

RIGA According to the news agency LETA, a study commissioned by Transparency International has revealed that one third of the population of Latvia “would be ready to bribe state officials to back their or their family members’ interests.” One tenth would certainly agree to give a bribe while almost a quarter stated they would rather agree to a bribe than not. While there is still a majority of people in Latvia that opposes giving bribes of any kind, the 33 percent number of ...

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