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James Tillen Comments on Transparency International's 2020 Corruption Perception Index Linking Corruption to Healthcare Spend in the Anti-Corruption Report

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"TI's 2020 CPI Lowers U.S. Ranking and Links Corruption to Healthcare Spend"

Anti-Corruption Report

James Tillen, Member and Chair of the International Department at Miller & Chevalier, discussed Transparency International's (TI) 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), and commented on how many countries are not doing particularly well in combatting perceived public corruption. Although Chile has traditionally been viewed as one of the cleanest countries in the Americas, the country "has faced multiple corruption scandals over the past few years, including the Pacogate scandal, which implicated over 100 members of Chile's national police," Tillen said, noting that Miller & Chevalier's Latin America Corruption Survey also suggests that Chile is viewed as more corrupt than in the past. "Although corruption is not endemic as in other countries, operating in Chile still requires vigilance," he added. The United States tied with Chile in the 2020 report. "The fact that the United States received its lowest score since 2012 and is ranked similarly to Chile and United Arab Emirates (UAE) is sad but not surprising," Tillen said, adding that TI "identified the former administration's oversight of the COVID-19 relief package as a contributing factor."