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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:EU corruption poll.png|thumb|Percentage of [[European Union|EU]] citizens who consider corruption widespread in their country in 2022]]<br />
'''Corruption''' occurs when public officials directly use their position for personal enrichment. It has existed in all exploitative [[State|states]] dating back to ancient times but is especially common under [[capitalism]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Politsturm]]|title=Capitalism and Corruption|date=2022-12-25|url=https://us.politsturm.com/capitalism-and-corruption/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225160413/https://us.politsturm.com/capitalism-and-corruption/|archive-date=2022-12-25|retrieved=2023-01-05}}</ref><br />
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== By country ==<br />
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=== Germany ===<br />
In 2016, company director Uriel Sharef was tried for ordering over $14 million of bribes to government officials and [[Bourgeoisie|financial elites]] in [[Latin America]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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=== Soviet Union ===<br />
In 1918, the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolshevik Party]] passed a decree making bribery punishable by five years in prison. In 1922, the punishment was increased to execution.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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=== United States ===<br />
[[United States of America|US]] Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] admitted that the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] had no documents on $6 billion worth of contracts.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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