Question: What rank due to contract killings or assassinations, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, black marketeering, and other ordinary crimes is a widespread and growing problem in Afghan society did Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index give Afghanistan?

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Corruption in North Korea: Corruption in North Korea is a widespread and growing problem in North Korean society.  North Korea is ranked 175 out of 177 countries in Transparency International's 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index (tied with Somalia and Afghanistan).  Strict rules and draconian punishments imposed by the regime, for example, against accessing foreign media or for modifying radio or television receivers to access foreign media, are commonly evaded by offering bribes to the police.  Informing on colleagues and family members has become less common.

Transparency International: Transparency International e.V. (TI) is an international non-governmental organization which is based in Berlin, Germany, and was founded in 1993.  Its nonprofit purpose is to take action to combat corruption and prevent criminal activities arising from corruption.  It publishes for example the Global Corruption Barometer and the Corruption Perceptions Index.  Transparency International has the legal status of a German registered voluntary association "(Eingetragener Verein)" and serves as an umbrella organization.  Its members have grown from a few individuals to more than 100 national chapters which engage in fighting corruption in their home countries.

Corruption in Zimbabwe: Corruption in Zimbabwe has become endemic within its political, private and civil sectors.  Zimbabwe ranks joint 163rd out of 176 countries in the 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking it alongside Equatorial Guinea.  On a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 10 (very clean), the Corruption Perceptions Index marked Zimbabwe 2.0.  This marks an increase in corruption since 1999, when the country ranked 4.1.

Corruption in Afghanistan: Corruption in Afghanistan is a widespread and growing problem in Afghan society.  Afghanistan ranks 169 of 176 in Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index.  "In opinion surveys of Afghans," noted the Asia Foundation in a 2012 report, "corruption is consistently singled out as a problem."

Corruption in Denmark: According to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2016 from Transparency International, Denmark is the World's most transparent country, and it has consistently been in the top-4 since the publication of the first report in 1995.  Moreover, Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer 2013 shows that the public does not consider corruption a major problem in Danish society, and bribes paid to access public benefits and services are virtually non-existent.

Corruption in Romania: Although there have been significant improvements, corruption remains a problem in Romania.  Despite the fact that Romanian law and regulations have contained provisions intended to prevent corruption, enforcement has generally been weak until recently.  This has however started to change since 2014, as the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) continued to increasingly investigate and prosecute corruption cases involving medium- and high-level political, judicial, and administrative officials.  As of 2016, Romania is regarded as the fifth most corrupt country in the European Union, after Bulgaria, Greece, and Italy, and at the same level with Hungary, as revealed by the annual Corruption Perceptions Index conducted by Transparency International.  According to 2016 results of Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International, Romania ranks 57th place out of 176 countries.  Corruption was cited among many issues that provoked the 2012–15 social unrest, the 2015 protests after the Colectiv nightclub fire, and the 2017 protests.

Corruption in Ukraine: Corruption is a widespread and growing problem in Ukrainian society.  In 2016's Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index Ukraine was ranked 131th out of the 176 countries with increased score from 2015 results.  Back in 2007 Ukraine had taken 118th place (179 countries investigated that year).  Ernst & Young (in 2012) put Ukraine among the three most corrupted nations of the world together with Colombia and Brazil.  In 2015, The Guardian called Ukraine "the most corrupt nation in Europe."

Corruption in Italy: Corruption in Italy is a major problem.  In Transparency International's annual surveys, Italy has consistently been regarded as the most corrupt country in the Eurozone.  According to 2016 results of Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International, Italy ranks 60th place out of 176 countries.  Corruption costs Italy a reported €60 billion a year, which amount to four percent of its GDP.  On the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index, Italy took 61st place out of 174 countries, scoring on a par with Senegal, Montenegro, and South Africa.  Political corruption remains a major problem particularly in Southern Italy including Calabria, parts of Campania and Sicily where corruption perception is at a high level.  Political parties are ranked the most corrupt institution in Italy, closely followed by public officials and Parliament, according to Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer 2013.

Crime in Afghanistan: Crime in Afghanistan is present in various forms, and includes the following: corruption, contract killings or assassinations, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, black marketeering, and other ordinary crimes.

Corruption in Botswana: The 2010 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index gave Botswana a corruption perceptions index of 5.8, where 10.0 is the most clean and 0.0 is the most corrupt.  Botswana was the 33rd lowest out of 178 countries in terms of how corrupt its public sector was perceived to be.  Botswana has the highest score in Africa.

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Answer: 169 of 176