Of a total of 1,725 reports received last year by the Corruption Prevention Council (CPC), in 405 there was sufficient evidence of a crime committed by a government official, to lead to prosecution and conviction.In a report on the prevention of corruption in public administration, it was noted that 41% of the cases involved civil servants in Central Administration bodies such as the health service, education, notary offices and the justice department.
As for the types of offences, "the management of computer access, particularly regarding the guarantee of confidentiality of passwords and access to systems with restricted information," was followed with "having outside jobs with conflicts of interest" and the rather vague, "poor control of delegated powers."
The Council's report identified various priority risk areas in public service, which was almost all of them, namely: public contracting; e-government; land use planning, town planning and the environment; sports and betting; health and pharmaceuticals; surveillance and police forces, security, defence and the political and judicial systems.
In the recently published 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index, (HERE), Portugal ranked 29th out of the 180 countries analysed, with the press reporting that Portugal is now famous for being “as corrupt as Qatar and Taiwan.”
According to Eurobarometer data, based on a survey conducted at the end of last year, 70% of Portuguese businessmen say that business success depends on political connections. This puts Portugal on a par with Romania with "the favouritism of friends and relatives in public institutions," highlighted as the most common area of corrupt practice.
The Council's report identified various priority risk areas in public service, which was almost all of them, namely: public contracting; e-government; land use planning, town planning and the environment; sports and betting; health and pharmaceuticals; surveillance and police forces, security, defence and the political and judicial systems.
In the recently published 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index, (HERE), Portugal ranked 29th out of the 180 countries analysed, with the press reporting that Portugal is now famous for being “as corrupt as Qatar and Taiwan.”
According to Eurobarometer data, based on a survey conducted at the end of last year, 70% of Portuguese businessmen say that business success depends on political connections. This puts Portugal on a par with Romania with "the favouritism of friends and relatives in public institutions," highlighted as the most common area of corrupt practice.
