Corruption index - Switzerland performs well

The "Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2017"The Transparency International report covers a total of 180 countries. New Zealand is once again at the top, closely followed by Denmark. Somalia, South Sudan and Syria bring up the rear. Western Europe is the best-performing region, while sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe and Central Asia are the worst-performing.

Main risks in the private sector

Switzerland has performed stably within the top ten in the CPI ranking for years. This was also the case in the CPI 2017: although its score deteriorated slightly to 85 points compared with 86 points in the previous year, it nevertheless improved slightly in the rankings, moving up from fifth place in the previous year to third place, which it holds together with Finland and Norway. Switzerland's improvement in rank is therefore not due to its own efforts, but to those of other countries: Finland and Sweden have lost more points than Switzerland compared to the previous year.

Commenting on Switzerland's performance, Martin Hilti, Managing Director of Transparency International Switzerland, says: "Switzerland's stable good performance in the CPI is gratifying. However, this does not mean that Switzerland is free of corruption. Again and again, cases of corruption occur in our country, for example in the area of public procurement. It should also be borne in mind that the CPI does not measure actual corruption, but merely the perception of corruption and the extent to which it is practiced.

only in the public sector. It makes no statements on corruption in the private sector. However, this is precisely where the main risks for corruption lie in Switzerland. Switzerland's good performance in the CPI therefore does not mean that Swiss companies do not bribe abroad."

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