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Kleptocracies

DEFINITION:

plural

: Government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the

expense of the governed; also: a particular government of this kind.

Kleptocrat

klep-tə-ˌkrat\ noun

kleptocratic

klep-tə-ˈkra-tik\ adjective

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This paper is aimed at drawing attention to anti-corruption activists and advocacies against corruption; and to postulate an international perspective of the innumerable forms of modus operandi envisaged by Kleptocrats. Research and cases studies have been derived from dozens of publications, interviewing of bureaucrats and diplomats, political ministers and investigative journalists.

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In the classical sense, corrupt rulers or kleptocrats, (ab)use their power to exploit

their nation’s resources for personal gain, ambition and political supremacy.