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Results Corruption Survey 2022

The Centrale Bank van survey. Similar to previous
Aruba (CBA) recently con- surveys, almost half of the
cluded its Corruption Sur- respondents indicated that
vey for the year 2022. The reporting corruption is con-
principle aim of the Cor- sidered as the most effec-
ruption Survey is to acquire tive thing that an ordinary
valuable information on the person can do to fight cor-
experience and percep- ruption. Introducing a whis-
tion of Aruban residents tleblowing policy within the
with regard to corruption. public sector is viewed as
The information will be used the most important mea-
to raise awareness in our sure in order to mitigate
community about the se- corruption. Additionally re-
riousness of the corruption spondents indicated that
problems. the Public Prosecutor’s Of-
fice and Parliament of Aru-
The survey results show that survey, from 52 percent in respondents, compared changed compared to ba are seen as the two top
about 70 percent of re- 2018. In 2020 the respon- to 77 percent in 2020. Re- 2020, considered that cor- organizations that should
spondents indicated that dents indicated 59 percent spondents also indicated a ruption acts are unaccept- lead in the fight against
the level of corruption in- (See Figure 1). higher bribery rate of 7 per- able. There is a minor drop corruption in Aruba.
creased in the past 12 cent, which is higher com- to 35 percent in the shares
months preceding the sur- Respondents viewed that pared to previous corrup- of respondents who knew The complete report of the
vey, the highest percent- the Government is doing tion surveys. Remarkably, someone who paid a bribe, Corruption Survey is avail-
age since the CBA started badly in fighting corruption on average 95 percent of down from 39 percent for able on the website of the
conducting the corruption as stated by 79 percent of respondents, which is un- the previous corruption CBA www.cbaruba.orgq

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