Law enforcers are most corrupt in Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies were the most corrupt in 2021, Transparency International Bangladesh said.

Passport office and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) were also in the top three most corrupt list, TIB has said, quoting the National Household Survey 2021.

It was disclosed at a press briefing at TIB office in Dhaka's Dhanmondi on Wednesday. The agency also said that the highest number of bribes have been taken in these three sectors last year.

TIB researcher Farhana Rahman presented the survey data. So far, the company has conducted nine surveys on the service sector.

According to the 2021 survey, 70.9 percent households of Bangladesh have faced corruption while taking services from various government and private sectors or organisations, TIB said.

Among them, law enforcement agencies have been identified as the most corrupt sector with 74.4 percent corruption; passport sector follows with 70.5 percent corruption, BRTA with 68.3 percent, judicial service with 56.8 percent, public health services 48.7 percent, local government institutions 46.6 percent, and land service 46.3 percent, TIB pointed out.

TIB also said that the overall analysis shows that the rate of corruption in the service sector has increased in 2021 compared to 2017. 

In 2017, the corruption rate was 66.5 percent. In 2021 it has come to 70.8 percent.

79.9pc people fell prey to corruption in 2021 

At least 79.9pc of households in the country had been subjected to some form of corruption last year, reports a Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) survey

In Bangladesh, it is widely recognised that corruption is one of the major obstacles to poverty reduction and development.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has been conducting a national survey in service sectors since 1997 to identify the nature and extent of corruption in service sectors.

So far, nine such surveys have been conducted at a regular interval of two to three years.

The ninth survey has captured corruption households experienced during getting services from service sectors from January to December 2021.

79.9pc people fell prey to corruption in 2021