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state">Mafia state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepotism" title="Nepotism">Nepotism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrrhic_defeat_theory" title="Pyrrhic defeat theory">Pyrrhic defeat theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slush_fund" title="Slush fund">Slush fund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simony" title="Simony">Simony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_capture" title="State capture">State capture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-corporate_crime" title="State-corporate crime">State-corporate crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throffer" title="Throffer">Throffer</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ccccdd; style:bold; font-size:105%;"> <a href="/wiki/Anti-corruption" title="Anti-corruption">Anti-corruption</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Corruption_Court" title="International Anti-Corruption Court">International Anti-Corruption Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_of_States_Against_Corruption" class="mw-redirect" title="Group of States Against Corruption">Group of States Against Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Corruption_Academy" title="International Anti-Corruption Academy">International Anti-Corruption Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Corruption_Day" title="International Anti-Corruption Day">International Anti-Corruption Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_against_Corruption" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Convention against Corruption">United Nations Convention against Corruption</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#ccccdd; style:bold; font-size:105%;"> Corruption by country</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks" style="background-color: transparent; color: var( --color-base ); border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Africa</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Angola" title="Corruption in Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Botswana" title="Corruption in Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Cameroon" title="Corruption in Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Chad" title="Corruption in Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Comoros" title="Corruption in the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Egypt" title="Corruption in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Corruption in Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Eritrea" title="Corruption in Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Ethiopia" title="Corruption in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Ghana" title="Corruption in Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Guinea-Bissau" title="Corruption in Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Kenya" title="Corruption in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Lesotho" title="Corruption in Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Liberia" title="Corruption in Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Malawi" title="Corruption in Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Mauritius" title="Corruption in Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Morocco" title="Corruption in Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Namibia" title="Corruption in Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Niger" title="Corruption in Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Nigeria" title="Corruption in Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Senegal" title="Corruption in Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Sierra_Leone" title="Corruption in Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Somalia" title="Corruption in Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_South_Africa" title="Corruption in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_South_Sudan" title="Corruption in South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Sudan" title="Corruption in Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Tanzania" title="Corruption in Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Tunisia" title="Corruption in Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Uganda" title="Corruption in Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Zambia" title="Corruption in Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Zimbabwe" title="Corruption in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Asia</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Afghanistan" title="Corruption in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Armenia" title="Corruption in Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Azerbaijan" title="Corruption in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Bahrain" title="Corruption in Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Bangladesh" title="Corruption in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Bhutan" title="Corruption in Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Brunei" title="Corruption in Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Cambodia" title="Corruption in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_China" title="Corruption in China">China</a></li> <li><a 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title="Corruption in Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Kazakhstan" class="mw-redirect" title="Corruption in Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Lebanon" title="Corruption in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Malaysia" title="Corruption in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Maldives" title="Corruption in Maldives">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Myanmar" title="Corruption in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Nepal" title="Corruption in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_North_Korea" title="Corruption in North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Pakistan" title="Corruption in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Philippines" title="Corruption in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Singapore" title="Corruption in Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_South_Korea" title="Corruption in South Korea">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Corruption in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Syria" title="Corruption in Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Taiwan" title="Corruption in Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Tajikistan" title="Corruption in Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Thailand" title="Corruption in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Turkey" title="Corruption in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Turkmenistan" title="Corruption in Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Uzbekistan" title="Corruption in Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Vietnam" title="Corruption in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Yemen" title="Corruption in Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Europe</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Albania" title="Corruption in Albania">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Andorra" title="Corruption in Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Austria" title="Corruption in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Belgium" title="Corruption in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Corruption in Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Bulgaria" title="Corruption in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Croatia" title="Corruption in Croatia">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="Corruption in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a 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Latvia">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Liechtenstein" title="Corruption in Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Lithuania" title="Corruption in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Luxembourg" title="Corruption in Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Malta" title="Corruption in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Moldova" title="Corruption in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Monaco" title="Corruption in Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Montenegro" title="Corruption in Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_Netherlands" title="Corruption in the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_North_Macedonia" title="Corruption in North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Corruption in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Norway" title="Corruption in Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Poland" title="Corruption in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Portugal" title="Corruption in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Romania" title="Corruption in Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Russia" title="Corruption in Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Serbia" title="Corruption in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Slovakia" title="Corruption in Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Slovenia" title="Corruption in Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Spain" title="Corruption in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Sweden" title="Corruption in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Switzerland" title="Corruption in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Ukraine" title="Corruption in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Corruption in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> North America</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Canada" title="Corruption in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Mexico" title="Corruption in Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_States" title="Corruption in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Central America</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Costa_Rica" title="Corruption in Costa Rica">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Cuba" title="Corruption in Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_El_Salvador" title="Corruption in El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Peru" title="Corruption in Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Uruguay" title="Corruption in Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Venezuela" title="Corruption in Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> Oceania</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Australia" title="Corruption in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_New_Zealand" title="Corruption in New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Corruption in Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Political_corruption_sidebar" title="Template:Political corruption sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Political_corruption_sidebar" title="Template talk:Political corruption sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Political_corruption_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Political corruption sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Corruption in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></b>, which used to be an institutionalized part of the state, has been relatively lowered in recent years. However, it continues to exceed corruption in comparison to most states. The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s DRC country profile calls its recent history "one of <a href="/wiki/Civil_war" title="Civil war">civil war</a> and <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kabila" title="Joseph Kabila">Joseph Kabila</a> established the Commission of Repression of Economic Crimes upon his ascension to power in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-d_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-d-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Mobutu_era_(1965–1997)"><span id="The_Mobutu_era_.281965.E2.80.931997.29"></span>The Mobutu era (1965–1997)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Mobutu era (1965–1997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko" title="Mobutu Sese Seko">Mobutu Sese Seko</a> ruled <a href="/wiki/Zaire" title="Zaire">Zaire</a> from 1965 to 1997, looting his country's wealth for personal use to such a degree that critics coined the term "<a href="/wiki/Kleptocracy" title="Kleptocracy">kleptocracy</a>". A relative once explained how the government illicitly collected <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">revenue</a>: "Mobutu would ask one of us to go to the bank and take out a million. We'd go to an intermediary and tell him to get five million. He would go to the bank with Mobutu's authority, and take out ten. Mobutu got one, and we took the other nine."<sup id="cite_ref-a_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Congolese_National_Movement" title="Congolese National Movement">Congolese</a> explained the lack of support from the government by the humorous <i><a href="/wiki/Article_15_(idiom)" title="Article 15 (idiom)">article 15</a></i>: <i>Débrouillez-vous</i> ("Figure it yourself"). </p><p>Mobutu institutionalized corruption to prevent political rivals from challenging his control, leading to an <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo#1990s" title="Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">economic collapse in 1996</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-b_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mobutu allegedly amassed between US$50 million and $125 million during his rule.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Kabila_Era_(1997–2019)"><span id="The_Kabila_Era_.281997.E2.80.932019.29"></span>The Kabila Era (1997–2019)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Kabila Era (1997–2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Laurent-D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Kabila" title="Laurent-Désiré Kabila">Laurent Kabila</a> led an <a href="/wiki/Insurgency" title="Insurgency">insurgent</a> group against <a href="/wiki/Mobutu_Sese_Seko" title="Mobutu Sese Seko">Mobutu</a> and quickly assumed power after Mobutu was overthrown.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this time period, Kabila issued a statement making himself president with near absolute power in the government.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With people supporting him for overthrowing Mobutu, he was not initially met with much <a href="/wiki/Public_opposition" title="Public opposition">public opposition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Kabila's and his government's goals for the regime were said to be unclear and vague.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He refused immediate <a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">elections</a> in fear of the country returning to <a href="/wiki/Mobutuism" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobutuism">Mobutuism</a>, and continued to postpone promised elections.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">constitution</a> was not changed, and he and his peers exploited resources for their personal benefit.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Laurent Kabila led a regime that upheld corruption through <a href="/wiki/Clientelism" title="Clientelism">clientelism</a> by appointing his clients as cabinet members.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kabila" title="Joseph Kabila">Kabila regime</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DRC</a> has failed to pull itself out of its "<a href="/wiki/State_collapse" title="State collapse">collapsed state</a>" status from when Mobutu was in power.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government has not implemented security and <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> reforms, <a href="/wiki/Free_Media_Movement" title="Free Media Movement">free media</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Decentralization" title="Decentralization">decentralization of power</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economy plummeted, forcing workers to be underpaid and living conditions to deteriorate.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Laurent Kabila was killed in 2001 by one of his body guards in an attempted <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During that time period, The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a> received a score of 1.9 out of 10 in the <a href="/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index" title="Corruption Perceptions Index">Corruption Perception Index</a>, which reveals high levels of corruption.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His son, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kabila" title="Joseph Kabila">Joseph Kabila</a> was elected president after Laurent Kabila's death.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Joseph Kabila is working with the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank_Group" title="World Bank Group">World Bank</a> to curtail <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a> and improve <a href="/wiki/Economy" title="Economy">economy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Commission_of_Economic_Crimes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commission of Economic Crimes (page does not exist)">Commission of Economic Crimes</a> was implemented in 2001 by President Joseph Kabila. Nonetheless, there are still reports of high-ranking officials exploiting resources for their personal benefit and other forms of <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, the constitution changed the president's minimum age from 35 to 30 years old to include Joseph Kabila, who was 33 at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> exposed a scheme involving overpriced <a href="/wiki/Biometric_passport" title="Biometric passport">biometric passports</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="After_Kabilas_(2019–)"><span id="After_Kabilas_.282019.E2.80.93.29"></span>After Kabilas (2019–)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: After Kabilas (2019–)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2020, a court in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a> found President <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Tshisekedi" title="Félix Tshisekedi">Felix Tshisekedi</a>'s chief of staff <a href="/wiki/Vital_Kamerhe" title="Vital Kamerhe">Vital Kamerhe</a> guilty of <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a>. He was sentenced to 20 years' hard labor, after facing charges of <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzling</a> almost $50m (£39m) of public funds. He was the most high-profile figure to be convicted of corruption in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">DRC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Kamerhe was released already in December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2021, a <a href="/wiki/Judicial_Investigation_Department" title="Judicial Investigation Department">judicial investigation</a> targeting former president <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Kabila" title="Joseph Kabila">Joseph Kabila</a> and his associates was opened in <a href="/wiki/Kinshasa" title="Kinshasa">Kinshasa</a> after revelations of alleged <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzlement</a> of $138 million.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corruption_Perceptions_Index">Corruption Perceptions Index</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Corruption Perceptions Index"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index" title="Corruption Perceptions Index">Corruption Perceptions Index</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="font-weight:bold" valign="top"> <td width="93.75" height="11.25">Year </td> <td width="92.25">Score </td> <td width="93.75">Rank </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="11.25">2017 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>161<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="11.25">2018 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>161<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="11.25">2019 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>168<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="11.25">2020 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>170<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="11.25">2021 </td> <td>19 </td> <td>169<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="11.25">2022 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>166<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="11.25">2023 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>162<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The table above shows how the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a> fared in seven successive years of <a href="/wiki/Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a>'s ranking of 180 countries in the <a href="/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index" title="Corruption Perceptions Index">Corruption Perceptions Index</a>. Countries are scored on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean") and then ranked by score; the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest <a href="/wiki/Public_sector" title="Public sector">public sector</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mining_industry_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Resource Extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_passport" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo passport">Democratic Republic of the Congo passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Angola" title="Corruption in Angola">Corruption in Angola</a></li></ul> <p><b>General:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kleptocracy" title="Kleptocracy">Kleptocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Corruption_Academy" title="International Anti-Corruption Academy">International Anti-Corruption Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_of_States_against_Corruption" title="Group of States against Corruption">Group of States against Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Anti-Corruption_Day" title="International Anti-Corruption Day">International Anti-Corruption Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_37001" title="ISO 37001">ISO 37001 Anti-bribery management systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Corruption" title="United Nations Convention Against Corruption">United Nations Convention Against Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OECD_Anti-Bribery_Convention" title="OECD Anti-Bribery Convention">OECD Anti-Bribery Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corruption_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Subdivisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Cassation_(Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo)" title="Court of Cassation (Democratic Republic of the Congo)">Court of Cassation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the 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title="Telecommunications in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Tourism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Category:Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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