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Re:Italia Startup Visa by IndianAstronaut on Thursday January 15, 2015 @03:50AM (#8891506)
Italy is ranked as more corrupt than Brazil, South Africa and Bulgaria. It has very serious problems with crime and corruption.

http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results#myAnchor1

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Re:Italia Startup Visa by raverbashing on Thursday January 15, 2015 @04:04AM (#8891557)
Don't believe in any ranking blindly, also

The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be

It's a PERCEPTIONS rank.

"Very serious problems with crime" compared to what?

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Re:Italia Startup Visa by danmaz74 on Thursday January 15, 2015 @04:53AM (#8891686)
This is exactly the problem.
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Re:Italia Startup Visa by SeanLuke on Thursday January 15, 2015 @09:34AM (#8892625)
Yeah, that's perception, not actuality.

Italy's got a lot of problems. But it's not Brazil, not by a long shot.

Italy's problem is bureaucracy and outright laziness far more than corruption or crime. And the fact that you can't fire anyone.

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