The United Nations has estimated the annual volume of bribes in the world at one trillion dollars. This is reported in the UN News Center.
According to the United Nations Development Program, the world economy, due to the corruption component, loses $ 2.6 trillion annually, while in developing countries, bribery losses exceed official development assistance 10 times.
On September 27, during the Eastern Economic Forum, a report was presented, according to which corruption and access to finance remain the main problems for business in Russia.
In mid-November 2016, a non-governmental international organization to combat corruption, Transparency International, named Russia and Ukraine among the most corrupt countries in Europe and Central Asia. In particular, there is a high level of corruption among officials and public tolerance towards bribery.
