Why is police corruption such a major problem in the Czech Republic?
What are some recent examples? In my opinion, corruption was well-rooted in the culture of the Czech nation. Just recently, the well-known Czech magazine Tyden reminded its readers how corrupt Czech politicians were during the first republic. 40 years of Communism did not really help to improve the situation; [in fact] just the opposite [occurred]. Nepotism and small-scale corruption were so widespread during this time that it is really hard to get it out of people’s minds. According to a recently released public opinion survey by GfK (a market research and opinion polling company) almost a quarter of Czech respondents feel that the problem of corruption is absolutely pressing. So to answer the first part of the question, the problem is in the national culture, although people are screaming that corruption is wrong, the majority has a “give or take” attitude about it. Unless we change this kind of thinking, we will not be able to change a thing. There are two striking examples of recen
