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Old 03-10-11, 11:30 AM   #1
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Default 2010 Marks a New Record for Corrupt Acts Reported by the Mexican Government

03/10/11 -*According to Transparency International, the number of corruption cases that have been reported across the globe have tripled within the past four years.* The head of the “Secretaría de la Función Pública (SFP)” (Mexican Ministry of Public Administration) Salvador Vegas Casillas has stated that for Mexico, 2010 marks a new record for the number … Read more

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Old 03-10-11, 05:00 PM   #2
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Default Re: 2010 Marks a New Record for Corrupt Acts Reported by the Mexican Government

Not sure if corruption is on the increase or just more people now reporting it. Either way I see it as a positive step that it is coming out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
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Old 03-11-11, 04:03 PM   #3
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Default Re: 2010 Marks a New Record for Corrupt Acts Reported by the Mexican Government

I see it as positive as well....now if the response to the increased reports is handled in a positive manner, that will truly be goodness!
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Default Re: 2010 Marks a New Record for Corrupt Acts Reported by the Mexican Government

I'm with Legs on this. Inasmuch as the with PRI, an oligarchy, Mexico saw decades of the control of the truth. Numbers currently being released about corruption is a good thing, and in absolutely no wat reflects anything close to an increase in corruption





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