Reminiscent of the robbery that sink the Philippine economy The Top Ten August 20 - 27 Worlds Ten Most Corrupt Leaders Name Position Estimates of funds allegedly embezzled (in U.S. $) 1. Mohamed Suharto President of Indonesia (1967–1998) $15 to 35 billion 2. Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines (1972–1986) 5 to 10 billion 3. Mobutu Sese Seko President of Zaire (1965–1997) 5 billion 4. Sani Abacha President of Nigeria (1993–1998) 2 to 5 billion 5. Slobodan Milosevic President of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1989–2000) 1 billion 6. Jean-Claude Duvalier President of Haiti (1971–1986) 300 to 800 million 7. Alberto Fujimori President of Peru (1990–2000) 600 million 8. Pavlo Lazarenko Prime Minister of Ukraine (1996–1997) 114 to 200 million 9. Arnoldo Alem�n President of Nicaragua (1997–2002) 100 million 10. Joseph Estrada President of the Philippines (1998–2001) 78 to 80 million 1. Defined as former political leaders who have been accused of embezzling the most funds from their countries over the past two decades. 2. All sums are estimates of alleged embezzlement. Source: Transparency International Global Corruption Report 2004. Web: transparency.org/pressreleases_archive/2004/2004.03.25.gcr_relaunch.html. See Also: Worlds Ten Most Corrupt Leaders Last Weeks Top Ten Top Ten Archive Infoplease Daily Almanac Read more: The Top Ten: Worlds Ten Most Corrupt Leaders | Infoplease infoplease/toptens/corruptleaders.html#ixzz3BAfj2QQt The Greatest and the Greedest
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