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Corruption Cases by Region
Figure 7 illustrates the breakdown of corruption cases by region, along with the respective median losses of those
cases. The Middle East and North Africa had the largest percentage of reported corruption cases in our study, fol-
lowed by Sub-Saharan Africa. This analysis only represents the cases reported to us by the CFEs who investigated
those cases, and therefore it does not necessarily reflect overall levels of corruption in each region. But it is worth
noting that Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index found these two regions to have among
the highest perceived levels of corruption in the world. 5

Figure 7: Frequency and Median Loss of Corruption Cases by Region

EASTERN EUROPE AND
WESTERN/CENTRAL ASIA
(41 CASES)
CANADA
(19 CASES) WESTERN EUROPE
(37 CASES)

$1,000,000 52.6% $500,000
37.8%
32.8%
$200,000

MIDDLE EAST $425,000
26.6% $98,000
$261,000 AND
NORTH AFRICA 66.0%
(35 CASES) 45.5%
$400,000
UNITED STATES
(172 CASES)
40.4%
SOUTHERN ASIA 52.7%
$150,000 54.3% (25 CASES)
$250,000
LATIN AMERICAN
AND THE CARIBBEAN
(172 CASES) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ASIA-PACIFIC
(94 CASES) (68 CASES)

5 Transparency International, 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index (cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results).

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