Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 - Executive Summary

SWEDEN 85/100 CHINA 41/100 VIETNAM 37/100 INDONESIA 40/100 KUWAIT 40/100 DJIBOUTI 30/100 CANADA 77/100 LIBYA 18/100 SWEDEN 85/100 GERMANY 80/100 DENMARK 87/100 ESTONIA 74/100 RUSSIA 28/100 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2019 25 In Canada (77), which drops four points since last year, a former executive of construction company SNC-Lavalin was convicted in December over bribes the company paid in Libya (18). THE SNC-LAVALIN AFFAIR Last year, Swedish telecoms giant, Ericsson, agreed to pay over US$1 billion to settle a foreign bribery case over its 16-year cash-for- contracts campaign in China (41), Djibouti (30), Kuwait (40), Indonesia (40) and Vietnam (37). This is the second largest fine paid to US authorities. 65 TELECOM BRIBERY Following the money laundering scandal at Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark (87), major banks like Swedbank in Sweden (85) and Deutsche Bank in Germany (80), were reportedly investigated in 2019 for their role in handling suspicious payments from high-risk non-resident clients, mostly from Russia (28), through Estonia (74). DANSKE BANK SCANDAL bribery bribery illicit finances