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The Corruption Perceptions Index global map 2025, released February 2026. The color coded scale moves from "highly corrupt" (dark red) to "very clean" (yellow). (Transparency International)
February 10, 2026, 10:34 pm
Israel slips to 35th place in corruption index amid ‘worrying’ trend in democracies
Transparency International watchdog says average global score of perceived corruption is worst in decade, with the US sliding to its lowest-ever score amid Trump’s return to office
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Corruption Perceptions Index global map 2024, released February 2025. The color coded scale moves from "highly corrupt" (dark red) to "very clean" (yellow). (Transparency International)
February 13, 2025, 9:55 am
Israel improves slightly in corruption survey as many nations get worst scores in years
Transparency International finds ‘global corruption levels remain alarmingly high, with efforts to reduce them faltering’
By AP and ToI Staff
Police block a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Jan. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Anton Basanayev, file)
January 31, 2023, 11:17 am
Global report finds link between corruption and rising violence
Israel was one of only 8 countries to improve in 2022, with Transparency International crediting rise to previous government’s commitment to democracy and independent judiciary
By AP and ToI Staff
Protesters demonstrate outside the corruption trial of then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, February 8, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
January 26, 2022, 2:29 am
Israel reaches worst score ever in annual corruption index
Israel ranks 29th out of 37 OECD countries; watchdog head: ‘corruption phenomenon in Israel strengthening’; study published same day ex-minister pleads guilty to tax offenses
By ToI Staff
An Israeli woman carries a sign as Left-wing and Right-wing demonstrators are separated by police during protests in support and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on March 02, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
January 28, 2021, 11:04 am
Israel seen as increasingly corrupt for fourth year in a row, index finds
Transparency International watchdog finds Jewish state falling closer to ‘red line’ below which countries are considered to have a high level of corruption
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a payment (wutwhanfoto; iStock by Getty Images)
October 13, 2020, 10:42 am
Israel among few countries preventing foreign bribery, watchdog says
Anti-corruption monitor Transparency International finds only four countries out of 47 studied are enforcing rules designed to prevent companies paying bribes in foreign markets
By AP and ToI Staff
Benjamin Netanyahu, right, listens to Yaakov Litzman at the start of the the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, January 6, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/Pool via AP)
January 23, 2020, 12:32 pm
Israel perceived as more corrupt for third year in a row, index shows
Transparency International watchdog report finds Jewish state falling closer to ‘red line’ below which countries are considered to have a high level of corruption
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative image of a suitcase full of cash (ungorf; iStock by Getty Images)
September 30, 2018, 4:27 pm
Money launderers are taking EU to the cleaners, experts say
Despite strict anti-money laundering rules, a lack of coordination hampers efforts; last year more than 200 billion euro in transactions was tagged as suspicious
By Benoit TOUSSAINT and Carole GUIRADO
Illustrative photo of foreign currencies. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
September 12, 2018, 6:54 pm
Israel among handful of big exporters enforcing global anti-bribery pact
Increasing number of investigations against businesses operating abroad sees country jump from worst OECD ranking to best in under 3 years
By ToI Staff
The Knesset at sunset. (Flash90)
February 22, 2018, 7:15 am
Israel seen as slightly more corrupt in latest global index
Watchdog finds Jewish state slips two points; is among least corrupt countries in Mideast, among more corrupt in developed world
By Raoul Wootliff
File: Jordanian protesters chant anti-government slogans and demand from King Abdullah II swift political reforms and to end corruption in the kingdom, in Amman, Jordan, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)
May 4, 2016, 9:43 am
Perceived corruption on the rise in Arab states
In nine Middle Eastern and North African nations, surveys find widespread sense of growing public sector graft, abuse
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, file photo, Egyptian military helicopters fly overhead as army soldiers stand guard at an entrance to Tahrir Square, in Cairo. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)
October 29, 2015, 8:07 am
Inadequate oversight allows Mideast military corruption — report
Some $135 billion in defense spending from Morocco to Iran conducted on the sly, often haphazardly
By Jon Gambrell
The Muqata'a in Ramallah, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/PalestinianLiberator/File)
December 8, 2014, 2:43 pm
Abbas announces broad probe into Palestinian NGOs
Move presented as boost to transparency and state-building, but anti-graft group says it’s politically motivated intimidation
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
December 4, 2014, 4:09 am
Israel ranks 37th in world corruption study
Watchdog finds country ranks in bottom third of OECD nations, behind Qatar and United Arab Emirates
By Avi Lewis
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 19, 2013 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
October 13, 2013, 4:25 pm
EU accuses Palestinians of wasting €2 billion in aid
Leaked report alleges ‘significant shortcomings’ in PA’s fund management
By Elhanan Miller
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