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ROMANIA receives an overall "Strong" 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
In December 1989, millions of people around the world flipped on their televisions and watched live broadcasts of the popular Romanian uprising - a grassroots revolt that brought down a corrupt and brutish Communist dictatorship and harbingered a new era for the lands behind the Iron Curtain.
It's time to tell the rest of the story.
The fact is that for the 22 million people living in Romania, the troubles are not over. Former agents and informants of the Romanian Securitate (secret police) still hold key positions of influence in the government, the judiciary, the media, and all areas of public life. Indeed, many individuals responsible for the current high-level corruption scandals in Romania are former Securitate officers and Communist regime officials.
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