Although it slightly improved in 2022, partisanship in the political arena, its blatant uses of gerrymandering, and its inadequate countermeasures against money laundering keep the United States’ global corruption perception ranking close to its historic low, a top official of the global anti-corruption organization Transparency International told OCCRP.

The United States sanctioned Wednesday almost two dozen individuals and entities, including two influential government officials, who are implicated in what was described as the Russian Federation’s attempts to corrupt and capture Moldova’s political and economic institutions.