Saturday, November 21, 2009

Kleptocracy

I was just wiki-ing on types of governments, when a term 'kleptocracy' attracted me. And when I new-tabbed it, I read this:

Transparency International ranking

In early 2004, the anti-corruption Germany-based NGO Transparency International released a list of what it believes to be the ten most self-enriching leaders in recent years.[4]
In order of amount allegedly stolen (in USD), they are:
  1. Former Indonesian President Suharto ($15 billion – $35 billion)
  2. Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos ($5 billion – $10 billion)
  3. Former Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko ($5 billion)
  4. Former Nigerian President Sani Abacha ($2 billion – $5 billion)
  5. Current Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ( $1 billion - $1.7 Billion )
  6. Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević ($1 billion)
  7. Former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier ($300 million – $800 million)
  8. Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori ($600 million)
  9. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko ($114 million – $200 million)
  10. Former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Alemán ($100 million)
  11. Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada ($78 million – $80 million)

Whoa! Check out the entire thread here.

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