Corruption costing EU billions of euros

mkpdavies · 26-11-2004, 12:17 AM

http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/d...6078-0,00.html

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VIENNA - Corruption is costing the European economy tens of billions of euros every year, delegates at a three-day conference on graft in the bloc heard here.
"Corruption is a socio-cultural phenomenon and a disease which erodes competitiveness, creates social injustice and poverty and fuels organised crime," said Martin Kreutner, an Austrian interior ministry official and president of the conference which gathers 120 experts from the 25 EU countries.

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Donatella della Porta, from the University Institute in Florence, said the "political culture of certain countries, weak controls and a doubtful morality combine to allow corruption to flourish."

She said corruption has become more intricate and was practised by networks in the elite and the public administration.

Makes me real glad to be a part of it! :cry:

Time to get out, pronto!

Tom Wilde · 26-11-2004, 12:25 AM

Perhaps we could bribe our way out.

Matt, you're an insomniac!

mkpdavies · 26-11-2004, 12:28 AM

I'd love to say it's dedication to the cause, but the reality is I am on nights at the moment, and it is quite!

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26-11-2004, 12:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tom Wilde Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London. Posts: 2,757	Perhaps we could bribe our way out. Matt, you're an insomniac!