The monthly survey, that the CoI conducts to measure the bribery size, put ministries of Municipalities and Social Works (MOMSW), Trade, and Justice at the top of CoI`s bribery survey, that was carried out in September 2010.
The survey, which gauges the perception of payoffs in the public sector, finds that (MOMSW) rated (8.13%) followed by MOJ (7.46%), while MOT scored (7.33%).
As for the provinces, Babel (13.04%), Najaf (12.49%) and Thiqar (9.09%) were the most likely to engage in off-the-books payments.
According to the survey, Karbala Municipality rated the worst in the occurrence of bribes among other establishments – not including Kurdistan region - based on a rate of (67.21%) of the people surveyed.
Babel Real Estate Registry booked second place, followed by Najaf Taxes department, with a rate of (38.68%) and (34.33%).
In Baghdad, Al-Rafiden bank- Dur Al-Thubat branch with rate of (22.58%), Al-Yarmuk teaching hospital for childbirth (16.13%) and Baghdad teaching hospital stood at (11.82%), were deemed most likely to accept bribes money.
September survey covered (27312) individuals, (1433) mentioned that they paid illegal amount to complete their transactions, their rate reached (5.25%).
Between April 2009 and September 2010, (280743) have been questioned. The rate of (25475) respondents, who paid payoffs, ranked at (9.07%).
(22529) respondents shed the light on paying bribes, as the survey says that (22.39%) of those surveyed that the reasons lie in paying money owing to employee`s demand.
Meanwhile, (37.2%) had to pay off because of obstructing done by the state offices. Also, (6.59%) claimed the possession of unauthenticated papers was the cause to paying bribe, while (33.82%) paid with intention to speed up the transactions.