The world's most corrupt countries

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The expenses scandal rocked the UK. As politicians revamped and flipped their homes like there was no tomorrow, we were treated to a shocking litany of outlandish expenditure heaped upon the taxpayer - from thousand pound beds to moat clearance. We started to wonder whether we would be able to have any faith at all in our ruling elite ever again.

But we don't know we're born. If this is what constitutes a breach of trust in the UK, then we're incredibly lucky, because elsewhere in the world corruption riddles government on an epic scale.