After recently attending a launch event for Transparency
International's Corruption Perception Index, David Lehmann,
Director in our Forensic team, shares his thoughts on some of the
interesting results.
Like many with an interest in the global blight of corruption,
we look forward to the annual release of Transparency
International's (TI)1 Corruption Perceptions Index
(CPI)2.
The launch of the 2017 CPI results was held in Melbourne last
week at Baker McKenzie where commentary about the results was
provided by Serena Lillywhite, CEO of TI Australia.
From Australia's perspective, the news was not good. Whilst
we maintained our ranking of 13, our score dropped another 2 points
from last year to 77. Over the six years from 2012 to 2017, our
score has dropped by a total of eight points. The chart below shows
this steady decline quite clearly.
