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Gary Ackerman: “There is corruption everywhere. I think on a scale of all the nations, 1 to 184, I think Sweden or Finland is number one…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
There is corruption everywhere. I think on a scale of all the nations, 1 to 184, I think Sweden or Finland is number one with the least corruption and North Korea is 184.
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Gary Ackerman
New York
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congress.gov

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Ackerman highlights the prevalence of corruption globally, comparing nations.

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