Corruption cases in Singapore fall to record low in 2016

Singapore

THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has said that the number of cases registered for its investigation hit the lowest last year.

CPIB said that it received 808 complaints in 2016, down from 877 in 2015. Of these, 118 cases or 14.6 per cent were registered for investigation - the lowest in 32 years.

CPIB disclosed the figures on Wednesday at the launch, jointly by the agency and Spring Singapore, of a new anti-bribery ISO standard to help local firms expanding overseas.

Private sector cases continued to make up the bulk of corruption cases in Singapore, at 85 per cent of all cases registered for investigation last year, CPIB added. This was a four percentage point decrease from…