ZAGREB, Feb 1(Hina) - Around 35 percent of Croatians think that giving bribes is almost normal and commonplace in everyday life, 34 percent that with a little effort and patience it is not necessary to give bribes, while only 25
percent think that bribes are not necessary at all and that everything can be obtained legally, according to a survey the GfK Centre for Market Research conducted among 1,000 people.
ZAGREB, Feb 1(Hina) - Around 35 percent of Croatians think that giving
bribes is almost normal and commonplace in everyday life, 34 percent
that with a little effort and patience it is not necessary to give
bribes, while only 25 percent think that bribes are not necessary at
all and that everything can be obtained legally, according to a survey
the GfK Centre for Market Research conducted among 1,000 people.#L#
Thirty-five percent of those interviewed think bribery is most
widespread in the health sector, 24 percent said the judiciary, eight
percent said customs and administration, while others named the police
and the ministries.
Only 20 percent would be willing to act in line with the law and make
an anonymous report to the police or testify in court if they were to
see that someone is bribing somebody working for the government or a
public figure.
As many as 72 percent agree with the claim that instead of the common
people, the state and the government should fight corruption, and that
corrupt politicians, officials and business people make up an
interwoven network in which they back each other.
Eighty-eight percent of those interviewed accept the claim that
Croatia is a corrupt country, while 57 percent think that there is
more corruption today than in socialism. Ninety-three percent think
the state and the authorities should be the main fighter against
corruption, while 81 percent think this is not sufficiently the case
in Croatia.
(Hina) ha sb