Corruption and graft!

A recent survey on global corruption sheds new light on Canadians investing in the DR. I am perturbed by recent articles in the Las Terrenas English speaking press that tend to downplay the local graft. The most disappointing aspect of life here, for those experiencing it, is that much of the graft is from the expat community. I suggest extreme levels of caution and to say “the trusting approach”, a natural for a majority of Canadians, will most likely work in favor of the corruption. A have a big, big investor and in fact anyone wanting to even live here, beware!!!!!!!

This is the rating of 176 countries around the world with Denmark leading as the least corrupt country in the world!! Kudos to Denmark.

#1 Denmark
#9 Canada
#18 United States
#23 France
#31 Spain
#73 Italy
#97 Greece
#118 Dominican Republic – definitely still third world although they like to think of themselves as “emerging”
#167 Haiti
#121 Egypt
#138 Syria
#176 Somalia – worst of the list. surprise.

What an absolutely wonderful holiday destination, well it used to be anyway. The Dominican Republic sits proudly alongside the most corrupt countries in the world. We fell in love with the beaches and the stories, then invested and now we can say we have lived in a cesspool of greed, corruption, anger, molestation, lying and violence. The sad part is that outside of legal community, the worst of the worst is wearing a smile and was not born there, but instead came to pillage.

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