B&H Continues to Stagnate in the Fight against Corruption

Banja Luka, 3^rd December 2013 – Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2012, according to which B&H is placed on 72^nd place on a list of 176 countries, and with a score of 42 (on scale from 0 to 100). B&H shares this place with Sao Tome and Principe, Brazil, Serbia and South Africa.

This result is still below the average of 50, and B&H is found among the countries with dangerous levels of corruption that impacts all segments of the life of its citizens. CPI continues to show that B&H has made no breakthrough in the fight against corruption.

In comparison with countries in the region, B&H is on the scale below Slovenia at 44nd place, Croatia at 58^th place, Montenegro and Macedonia that share 67^th place with a score of 44, shares its position with Serbia, while only Kosovo is under B&H at 111^th place.

As in earlier years, the CPI shows again that B&H stagnates in the fight against corruption, and that there are no serious efforts by authorities that could affect the CPI. This is proven by the collapse of anti- corruption laws, lack of final convictions for offenses of corruption and lack of implementation of strategic documents for the fight against corruption.

Although the CPI and all other relevant research for years indicate a decline or stagnation of B&H, responsible institutions and governments in B&H have even ignored the warnings of the EU that the fight against corruption would be a key factor in B&H’s accession to European Union, due to which, even 20 years lather B&H is just beginning to establish a system of responsibility towards its citizens.