Austria: Corruption Is Costing Taxpayers € 17bn

Politics ♦ Published: January 18, 2013; 19:28 ♦ (Vindobona)

A report issued by OECD analyzes the economic costs of corruption. In case of Austria, the damage totals about 5% of the GDP.

Austria: Corruption Is Costing Taxpayers € 17bn / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In Austria, the economic losses resulting from corruption reaches more than 5% of the GDP. OECD criticizes that Austrian authorities do not co-operate efficiently. According to OECD, the fight against corruption is far from being satisfying.

The OECD Working Group on Bribery regrets that Austria has not had a conviction of bribing foreign public officials despite a number of…