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Taiwan has made improvements in its perceived corruption levels, according to the 2008 Bribe Payers Index (BPI) report issued by Transparency International (TI) Tuesday, despite wide publicity concerning prosecutors' investigations into the former first family's alleged bribe-taking, embezzlement and money laundering scandals.

TI-Taiwan released the report at a news conference in Taipei on behalf of TI -- a global coalition against corruption based in Berlin -- to coincide with International Anti-Corruption Day.

The TI survey assesses the supply side of corruption in 22 of the world's leading exporting countries, based on interviews with 2,742 senior business executives in 26 countries. The combined global exports of the 22 countries represent 75 percent of the world's total. More...

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