A Romanian pays an average of 600 Romanian Lei in bribes per year

Three quarters of Romanians believe that you can't succeed in life without bribes or influence peddling. The average annual amount of bribes a Romanian pays is of 600 Romanian Lei, according to a survey conducted by CSOP and paid for by the Association for Implementing Democracy.

"The survey shows that the lack of convictions in corruption cases determines a lack of satisfaction of citizens as regards the country they live in and the trust they place in the state", stated for Gandul Mr. Alexandru Cumpanasu, Executive Manager of AID.

A simple calculation shows us that bribes over the course of a year cost a citizen approximately 600 Romanian Lei. For a population of 18,000,000 active citizens (aged over 18 years old), considering the absurd notion that only 15% of them would pay bribes, that results in a total of 400 million Euro per year. This number goes up with the number of citizens that pay bribes".

Gandul