Corruption in Poland

[2] Between 1923 and 1926, Józef Piłsudski came to conclude that the system which he dubbed "Sejmocracy" fostered general corruption, ultimately leading him to launch the May Coup and seize power.

[6] In the communist People's Republic of Poland, corruption was widespread, particularly by Polish United Workers Party officials (see nomenklatura).

[10] Global Integrity 2010 report gave Poland the score of 80 out of 100 assessing the legal framework as 86 (strong) and actual implementation as 71 (moderate).

[12] A 2012 report jointly prepared by from the Institute of Public Affairs (ISP) and Transparency International (TI) notes that the corruption in Poland is lower than in the past when in the mid-1990s it was "a phenomenon of a systemic nature".

[13] As described in that report, the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (accessible here [1]) for "rule of law" and "control of corruption" show steady improvement for Poland.

[13] It criticized the civil society, the private sector, and the executive and public administration of insufficient efforts in fighting corruption.