Barbados has moved up a notch in the recently released Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2020 report.

Barbados retained its number one position as the least corrupt Caribbean nation, and ranks 25th worldwide, according to Transparency International's (TI) 2018 Corruption Perceptive Index (CPI).

While it is clear that there are valid reasons for completing Politically Exposed Person (PEP) determinations, the process could use the application of a common sense approach on a case-by-case basis.