CORRUPTION PERSON OF THE YEAR

Source: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)

2022: Yevgeny Prigozhin , Russian Federation

2021: Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, President of Belarus

Runners Up: Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Former President of Afghanistan, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye, Sebastian Kurz, Chancellor of Austria

2020: Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil

Runners Up: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States,   Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Türkiye

2019: Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta

Runners Up: Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, Rudy Giuliani, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, Son of the President of Congo

2018: Danske Bank

Runners Up: Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States

2017: Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines

Runners Up: Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe

2016: Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela

Runners Up: Rodrigo Duterte, President of the Philippines, Bashar Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation

2015: Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro

Runners Up: Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan

2014:  Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation

Runners Up: Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary, Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro

2013: Romanian Parliament

Runners Up: Darko Saric, Serbian Drug Trafficker, Gulnara Karimova, Daughter of President of Uzbekistan

2012: Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan

Runners Up: Naser Kelmendi and sons, Albanian cigarette and drug smugglers, Milo Djukanovic, Prime Minister of Montenegro, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, Miroslav Miskovic, Serbia’s wealthiest businessman, Islam Karimov,  President of Uzbekistan, Darko Saric, Serbian Drug Trafficker 

Countries

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Austria
4. Azerbaijan
5. Belarus
6. Brazil
7. Congo
8. Hungary
9. Malta
10. Montenegro
11. Philippines
12. Russian Federation
13. Saudi Arabia
14. Serbia
15. South Africa
16. Syria
17. Türkiye
18. United States
19. Uzbekistan
20. Venezuela
21. Zimbabwe