Law enforcement agencies most corrupt sector: TIB

Law enforcement agencies are the most corrupt service sector in Bangladesh.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) stated it in a survey report published at its office at Dhanmondi in the capital on Thursday. 

Among the service sectors, the second most corrupt are Passport sector and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), the anti-graft watchdog TIB said in its National Household Survey 2017.

The survey conducted on over 15,000 households countrywide, the anti-graft watchdog said it was the law enforcement agencies graft, at 72.5 percent, that is affecting the people most.

Overall, around 66.5% households were found to be victims of corruption by the services sector. 72.5% of household surveyed were victims of corruption by the law enforcement agencies, 67.3% by passport sector, 65.4% by BRTA, 60.5% by judiciary, 44.9% by land services, 42.9% by education sector, 42.5% by health sector, 41.6% agriculture, 38.9% by power sector, 38.3% by gas, 26.7% by local government institution, 12.3% insurance sector, 11.1% by tax and levy, 5.7% banking, 5.4% NGO and 22.0% by other miscellaneous sectors.  

The households in the country paid an increasing amount of Tk 10688.9 crore bribe in 2017 which was Tk 8,821 crore in 2015.

Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) Dr Iftekharuzzaman and TIB Chairperson Sultana Kamal were present at the briefing among others.