purposes, like
repression of political opponents and general police brutality, is not
considered political corruption illegal
acts by private persons or corporations
not directly involved with the government is not considered political corruption either. Illegal acts by office holders constitute political corruption only if the
are directly related to their official duties
All forms of government are susceptible to
political corruption forms of corruption vary, but include
bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft and embezzlement
while corruption may facilitate
criminal enterprise such as
drug trafficking, money
laundering and trafficking, it is not restricted to these organized l crime activities. In some
counties corruption is so common that is
expected when ordinary business or citizen
interact with government officials.
The end –point of political corruption is a kleptocracy,
literally ‘rule by thieves” what constitutes illegal corruption differs
depending on the
country or jurisdiction certain
political funding practices that are
legal in one place may be illegal in another. In some countries
government officials have broad or not
well defined powers, and the line
between what is legal and
illegal can be difficult to draw
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