Among Italian entrepreneurs, more than ** percent of those active in the industry and manufacturing sector declared that they were forced to pay bribes to obtain some facilitation. These included trade licenses, tenders with the public administration, import/export authorizations, or the acceleration of legal and fiscal procedures. Moreover, corruption is highly perceived in agriculture and in the construction sector, as around ** percent of businesspeople declared that they are often exposed to bribery. On the contrary, only *** percent of the interviewees working in financial brokering declared that they were obliged to corrupt someone for obtaining those services. On average, **** percent of the respondents affirmed that entrepreneurs must resort to bribery during their usual business.
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Istat. (June 6, 2024). Share of Italian entrepreneurs and the self-employed who believed they must always or often pay bribes between 2022 and 2023, by business sector [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 25, 2026, from /statistics/1475252/italy-corruption-in-business-by-sector/
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