On Monday 8 June, the Americas Society / Council of the Americas (AS/COA) published in collaboration with Control Risks, the 2020 Ability to Combat Corruption Index (CCC), where Panama is ranked 10th out of 15 Latin American countries.
The report details that Panama maintains an unequal fight against corruption, after major scandals such as the Panama Papers and the Odebrecht Case in recent years, Panama's score in the legal capacity subcategory is 1 point below the regional average.
The indicator reveals that Panama scores 4.17, below the regional level average, which implies legal capacity 3.80, democracy and political institutions 4.36, civil society, the media and the private sector 5.39.
The CCC report analyzes 14 key variables, including the independence of judicial institutions, the strength of investigative journalism, and the level of resources available to combat crime.
The second edition places Uruguay with the highest score (7.78 out of 10), which means that it is the country of the 15 analyzed that is most likely to discover, punish and stop corruption.
Uruguay is followed by Chile (6.57), Costa Rica (6.43), Brazil (5.52), Peru (5.47), Argentina (5.32), Colombia (5.18), Mexico (4.55 ), Ecuador (4.19), Panama (4.17), Guatemala (4.04), Paraguay (3.88), the Dominican Republic (3.26), Bolivia (2.71) and Venezuela (1.52 ).
The full report in English is available here.
