Sentence examples for intense corruption from inspiring English sources

Political repression is intense, corruption is widespread and economic policy owes more to Stalin than George W. Bush.

But to do so Tajikistan must overcome multiple political and economic problems which stymie its own development: poverty, bad relations with Uzbekistan, intense corruption, Soviet-era economic structures and planning, an undemocratic political system, chronic food insecurity, and dependence on migrant labor in Russia.

China is almost two years into one of its most intense corruption crackdowns in decades, but young Chinese job-seekers still report being extorted for huge sums of money that dwarf their would-be salaries.

Later that afternoon, John and his lawyer held a press meeting during which he announced that he had documentation proving "the intense corruption at all levels of the Belizean government".

Given the intense corruption of Yanukovych and his henchmen, most of whom are now comfortably ensconced in Russian protection (perhaps next door to Edward Snowden?), Ukraine's agricultural and economic wealth was siphoned off to procure both vast luxury and global bank accounts.

In the intervening months, his name has gone unmentioned in state media but one after another his political allies, whether in the oil industry, in Sichuan province or in the security system, have fallen prey to an increasingly intense anti-corruption campaign.

The threat of corruption is intense, the risk of exploitation high.

During the past 20 years I have been carrying out research in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where corruption is intense, varied and entrenched.

Botswana has launched an intense approach to weeding out corruption by setting up a Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime to investigate and bring prosecutions, and by drafting legislation that will protect whistle-blowers.

Cheng Enfu, the director of the Institute of Marxism at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, predicted that the president's efforts to combat this "infiltration" of western values could become as intense as his anti-corruption campaign.

Now, however, anti-graft officers are trying to extend their reach beyond China's borders.Since late last year, as part of the most intense and sustained anti-corruption drive in the history of Communist-ruled China, officials have been stepping up efforts to persuade foreign countries to send back those who have fled with their ill-gotten gains.