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MEXICO receives an overall "Weak" rating in the 2006 Global Integrity Index. The Index assesses national anti-corruption policies and practices in countries around the world. For a printer-friendly .PDF version of this report click here.
This peer-reviewed country report includes:
Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 290 Integrity Indicators.
Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.
Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.
Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.
Global Integrity country reports are generated by an in-country team comprising a lead journalist (who prepares the Reporter's Notebook), a lead researcher (who initially scores the Integrity Indicators), and three to five peer reviewers. Global Integrity staff in Washington coordinate the input from all team members and are responsible for final content. For a full description of our methodology and research process please click here.
Reporter's Notebook
On a busy street in the center of Mexico City, a woman talked with transit agents. The woman was outraged. You could see it and feel it. Suddenly, she jumped on the hood of a parked car, to the shock of the agents. The car was hers, which only made the scene more bizarre.
Who would you believe if the lady had filed a municipal complaint saying her car was damaged-the agents or the offended citizen? Luckily for the agents, the whole scene was taped by a video camera installed in the municipal tow truck. It showed her trying to prevent the car from being towed away after parking it illegally.
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