Latvians leery of reporting fraud

  • 2003-05-29
RIGADespite the government efforts to rid Latvia of corruption, people in Latvia are still reluctant to report misdeeds, said a British anti-corruption adviser to the government.David Wallis, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate to head Latvia's anti-corruption bureau, said in an interview in the Russian-language daily Telegraf that many people were absolutely resistant to reporting incidents of corruption."They would not admit even slipping a fiver to the traffic cop," said the anti-corruption adviser. He believes that corruption is gradually receding in Latvia but said the count...
 
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