Corruption in the United States

Political corruption
Concepts
Bribery Cronyism Kleptocracy Economics of corruption Electoral fraud Nepotism Slush fund Plutocracy Political scandal
Corruption by country
Afghanistan Albania Angola Armenia Bahrain Bangladesh Chile China Colombia Congo Cuba Ghana Greece India Indonesia Iran Ireland Kenya Kyrgyzstan Mauritius Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Philippines Russia Somalia South Africa Ukraine United States Venezuela Zimbabwe

The 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranked the United States 19 out of 176 countries.

See also

• Campaign finance in the United States

Federal corruption convictions:

• List of United States federal officials convicted of corruption offenses
• List of United States state officials convicted of federal corruption offenses
• List of United States local officials convicted of federal corruption offenses

Political scandals:

• List of federal political scandals in the United States
• List of state and local political scandals in the United States

General:

• Crime in the United States
• Corruption by country

Further reading

• Genovese, M. A; V. A Farrar-Myers (2010). Corruption and American Politics. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-638-0. 
• Grossman, M. (2003). Political corruption in America: an encyclopedia of scandals, power, and greed. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-060-4.