Corruption in the United States

Political corruption
Concepts
Bribery Cronyism Kleptocracy Economics of corruption Electoral fraud Legal plunder Nepotism Slush fund Plutocracy Political scandal
Corruption by country
Europe
Albania Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Georgia Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine
Asia
Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Myanmar North Korea Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
Africa
Angola Botswana Cameroon Congo Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Liberia Mauritius Morocco Nigeria Senegal Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
North America
Canada Cuba Haiti Mexico Nicaragua United States
South America
Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Paraguay Peru Bolivia Venezuela
Oceania and the Pacific
Australia New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Transcontinental countries
Russia Turkey

Corruption in the United States is the act of a local, state, or federal official using some form of influence or being influenced in some way, usually through bribery. Corruption is used to the advantage of the government official and a person or group of people.

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 and crimes

• List of federal political scandals in the United States
• List of federal political sex scandals in the United States
• List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes
• List of American state and local politicians convicted of crimes

See also

• Campaign finance in the United States
• Lobbying in the United States
• Voter suppression in the United States
• Operation Ill Wind
• Police corruption in New York City
• Vote early and vote often

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. 
• Teachout, Zephyr. Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United (Harvard University Press, 2014)

External links

• United States Corruption Profile from the Business Anti-Corruption Portal

A world map of the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International