It was below Pakistan, Madagascar and Kosovo and just three places above. Towards the end of his book, John Dickie mentions in passing that in 2011 the World Bank ranked Italy 158 out of 183 countries "for the efficiency of its justice system in enforcing contracts". In other words, Italy is more corrupt than some countries in Africa and some countries in what was bad old Eastern Europe. It may be salutary to list some of the countries ranked less corrupt than Italy, for example: Botswana (ranked 30), Hungary (46), Georgia (51), Turkey (54), Namibia (58), Ghana (64), Romania (66) and South Africa (69). Denmark and Finland share joint first place as least corrupt Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are down there at 174. What is wrong with Italy? At the heart of Europe and the European Union, Italy ranks 72 out of 174 on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index.
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