Corruption in Cameroon's Police Force and Taxation Administration

Corruption in Cameroon’s Police Force

Cameroon’s police force is poorly trained, inefficient and ineffective, and plagued by corruption. Our police officers demand bribes at checkpoints in exchange for granting illicit freedoms to detainees. Corrupt police officers make arrests and abuse individuals in exchange for monetary rewards from potent entities (HRR 2013).

Police officers often call for bribes and facilitation payments in order to deliver services, plus the majority of companies in Cameroon report paying bribes when dealing with the police (AEC 2012). The majority of Cameroonians consider the police to be corrupt and the police cannot be relied upon for the enforcement of law and order or to protect foreign companies from crime, fraud and theft (GCB 2013, GCR 2014-2015).

Corruption in Cameroon’s Taxation Administration

Most companies in the country report paying bribes in with the nation’s tax officers (AEC 2012), and businesses consider tax regulations and tax rates to be amidst the most knotty factors for doing business (GCR 2014-2015). The time taken to prepare, file and pay taxes in Cameroon is twice the time taken in other Sub-Saharan Africa countries (DB 2015), plus Cameroon’s tax officials are sensed to be the most corrupt in Central Africa (ACB 2013). The most committed financial crimes in Cameroon include tax evasion, corruption and embezzlement (ICS 2014).

Major Corruption Statistics for Cameroon

In 2014, Cameroon was ranked by Transparency International as among the world’s worst in terms of corruption - 136^th out of 174 countries (Atabong, 2015).

Table 1: Recent Corruption Measures in Cameroon (Extracted from Transparency.org)

Year	Index	Rank	Score
2015	Corruption Perceptions Index	130/168	27/100
2012-2013	Global Competitiveness Index	112/142	3.69/7
2011-2012	Judicial Independence	113/142	2.7/7
2011-2012	Press Freedom Index	97/179	35
2011	Human Development Index	150/187	0.482 (low)
2010	Open Budget Index	Scant or none	2/100
Year	Index	Percentile Rank	Score
2010	Control of Corruption	17%	-0.97944819/2.5
2010	Rule of Law	15%	-1.043654412/2.5
2010	Voice and Accountability	17%	-1.061796818/2.5

The National Commission for the Fight against Corruption in Cameroon, (CONAC), on July 26, 2010, revealed names of ministries which its study considers as the most corrupt in the country (Agendia, 2010). Without any surprise, the Ministry of Finance (25%), Ministry of Justice (12%), Police Force (12%), Public works (9%), Higher Education, Public Health, and Transport all occupy in that order, the list of most corrupt ministries in the country (Agendia, 2010).

Works Cited

Agendia, A. (2010, July 30). CONAC reveals the most corrupt ministries and institutions in Cameroon. Retrieved January 28, 2016, from http://agendia.jigsy.com/: http://agendia.jigsy.com/entries/cameroon/conac-reveals-the-most-corrupt-ministries-and-institutions-in-cameroon

Atabong, A. B. (2015, December 10). Police And Taxation, Most Corrupt Institutions in Cameroon, According to Transparency International. Retrieved January 27, 2016, from cameroonjournal.com: http://cameroonjournal.com/national-news/police-and-taxation-most-corrupt-institutions-in-cameroon-according-to-transparency-international/

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