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[Global corruption report 2003] Southeast europe
Jovic, Dejan
Jovic, Dejan
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"The countries of Southeast Europe witnessed high levels of corruption in the past 12 months, much of it attributable to ineffectual state institutions and the weak implementation of legislation. Nevertheless, many countries in the region are consolidating state institutions as they proceed with the transition to liberal democracy. The transition is being accelerated by international pressure, which continues to be a major force behind anti-corruption efforts. Civil society initiatives also gained momentum through international programmes, such as the Cavtat process launched at a conference of the Stability Pact Anti-corruption Initiative (SPAI) in September 2001. Yet corruption continues to be widespread in Southeast Europe: old networks of influence and ‘parallel systems’ offer a semi-legal or illegal way of gaining access to services or products. In former Yugoslavia, where the wars of the 1990s served to reinforce corrupt networks, new states are still perceived as too weak to defend their citizens legally and physically. While parallel systems provide a sense of security and continuity, they simultaneously perpetuate older patterns of corrupt behaviour. Corruption remains endemic at the borders of the states of former Yugoslavia, as was highlighted by the arrest in May 2002 of the head of Kosovo’s customs service on corruption charges.1 Money laundering in privatisations and corruption in the trafficking of women also continued, despite improvements in law and order"
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2003
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1861974760
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