The United Nations estimated the annual volume of bribes in the world one trillion dollars. This was reported in the UN news Center.
According to the UN development program, the world economy due to corrupt component of the annual loss of 2.6 trillion dollars, while in developing countries losses associated with bribery, exceed the amount of official aid for development 10 times.
27 September, during the Eastern economic forum presented a report, according to which the main problems for business in Russia are corruption and access to Finance.
In mid-November 2016 non-governmental international organization for the fight against corruption Transparency International said Russia and Ukraine among the most corrupt countries in Europe and Central Asia. In particular, there is a high level of corruption among officials and the public tolerance towards bribery.