Mexico, the most corrupt country in the OECD: Transparency International

Mexico, again, came across the perception index of corruption developed by the organization Transparency International.

In its 2018 edition, which corresponds to the last year of the government of Enrique Peña Nieto, the country scored 28 points, ranking 138th out of 180 countries.

This resulted in a three-place drop from the previous year and put Mexico in first place. the most corrupt country among the members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the G-20 with Russia.

On the American continent, Mexico is at the end of the table, just above Guatemala and Nicaraguawho face serious crises of democratic governance.

The perception index of corruption uses a scale of zero to one hundred, in which zero equals a very corrupt country and 100 a very transparent country.

The result for Mexico of its 2018 edition confirms the trend followed by the country since 2012. That year, the country obtained a rating of 34, which fell to 31 in 2015, 3o in 2016 and 29 in 2017.

C & # 39; is to say, Corruption has increased over the six years of the Peña Nieto government, as evidenced by the steady decline of Mexico in the table of badessed countries by Transparency International.

At that time, Mexico went from 105th place on a table of 176 countries evaluated in 2012 to 138th place of the 180th list IT evaluated in 2018

But the trend goes back to the six years of Felipe Calderón. In its first year in office in 2012, Mexico was in place in 70 of the 163 countries badyzed by IT. At the end of his government, the country ranked 105th countries taken into account in the evaluation.

In the results of his latest report, Mexico shares its position with countries like Iran, Guinea, Russia, Papua, New Guinea and Lebanon.

The failure of anti-corruption policies

The Corruption Perception Index of 2018 is accompanied by an badysis of Transparencia Mexicana – local chapter of Transparency International.

In this, he points out that the lack of anti-corruption policy and results in its struggle are factors that define the fall of Mexico in the qualification.

Mexican transparency identifies that "Most of the measures adopted by this country are preventative and many of them have been ineffective."

On the contrary, write, "A limited number of anti-corruption actions in Mexico resulted in sanction, recovery of stolen badets or compensation for damage to the victims. "

The organization headed by Eduardo Bohórquez draws attention to the the inability to dismantle corruption networks and the policies that protect them.

"The preventive measures taken so far lose their effectiveness when those involved in corruption networks know that they will not be condemned and will be able to keep the resources diverted from the public treasury", says Bohórquez in his text.

In the press release accompanying this year's report, Transparency International and its Mexican chapter note that Mexico will be able to make progress in the fight against corruption when "initiate the dismantling of corrupt networks that captured public institutions and when resources return to the coffers of the nation through an badet recovery policy. "

Transparencia Mexicana indicates as a recommendation that the focus should be on the consolidation of the national anti-corruption system and spend the stage of appointments to give their first results.

The countries that led the 2018 ranking because they have a lower perception of corruption are: Denmark, first and second and third respectively New Zealand and Finland.

In Latin America, in turn, the best rated was Uruguay, which ranks 23rd with 70 points.

On the other hand, the worst country in Latin America rated was Venezuela with a score of 18, which placed it in position 168 of the 180 nations included in the study.

Countries that held the position of those with the highest perception of corruption in the world are Somalia, followed by Syria and South Sudan..

Since last year, Transparency International has warned that Most countries reported minimal or no progress in the previous six years.

He also pointed out that in countries with the highest levels of corruption reported the highest number of murders of journalists and violations of the rights of civil society.