TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL RESPONDS TO CAMERON COMMENTS REGARDING NIGERIA, AFGHANISTAN AND UK SUMMIT
Responding to the recent
comments by David Cameron [in which he described Nigeria as a"fantastically
corrupt" country], Cobus de Swardt, Managing Director of
Transparency International said:
“There is no doubt that
historically, Nigeria and Afghanistan have had very high levels of corruption,
and that continues to this day. But the leaders of those countries have
sent strong signals that they want things to change, and the London
Anti-Corruption Summit creates an opportunity for all the countries present to
sign up to a new era.
This affects the UK as much as other
countries: we should not forget that by providing a safe haven for corrupt
assets, the UK and its Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are a big
part of the world’s corruption problem.”
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