65% of Venezuelans considered "inefficient" government measures against corruption
06:51 PM Brussels .- A report published today by Transparency International says that 65% of Venezuelans considered "ineffective" the government measures to combat corruption.

Similarly 61 per cent of people consulted in eight Latin American countries considered ineffective government measures to combat corruption, Efe reported.

The most critical of the existing mechanisms were considered ineffective Argentines (81%) and Peruvians (71%), but the proportion was also high in Venezuela and Panama (65%), Chile (59%), El Salvador (53 %), Bolivia (43%) and Colombia (34%).

Only 26% of the citizens of these countries scored measures of "effective" and 13% were unable to assess.

In Europe, 56% of citizens felt inadequate tools and anti-aggregate (TI has explored 69 countries around the world) only one in three respondents said relying on existing mechanisms, while more than half felt that were not effective.

In Spain, 44 percent said that the measures are "ineffective" against 29 percent who described them as "effective" and 27 percent who did not appreciate the government's action in this matter.

34% of respondents felt that Latin American political parties are the most affected by corruption, 21% is the most exposed to the judiciary and 20%, the legislature.

The private sector and the media awaken distrust of 5 and 3% of respondents in Latin America.

Overall, 68% of citizens of all countries surveyed also perceive politicians as corrupt.

In Spain, 29 percent of respondents believe the private sector is more exposed to corruption, followed by political parties (27%), staff (15%), judiciary (12%), media (9%) and the legislature (8%).

30% of the people admitted having paid any bribe in the last twelve months, as 28% of Venezuelans and 20% of Peruvians.

The figures are more moderate in Chile (10%), Colombia (8%), Argentina and Panama (4%).

Throughout the world, one in ten respondents admitted having paid a bribe during the past year, a proportion that Spain accounts for only 2 percent.

The organization states that there is a difference between new and old EU members, since while the levels remained low Holland (1%), Luxembourg (4) or United Kingdom (3) as in Lithuania reached 30 per cent.

The regions most vulnerable to such practices are the Middle East and Africa: in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Uganda more than 50 percent of respondents acknowledged having paid a bribe in the past year.

The police is the institution most likely to accept bribes, followed by the judiciary, permit and registration offices and land administration services, health and education.

The most serious is that IT only one in five respondents reported their official facts and claimed that they did not, among other things, they believed that reporting the incident would have no effect or cause them problems.

The survey released today was conducted by Gallup International between October 2008 and February 2009, over 69 countries around the world, including 17 of the 27 members of the European Union.