Late 20th Century Kleptocrats Transparency

Late 20th Century Kleptocrats

Transparency International reports on the top ten kleptocrats of the late 20th Century:

1. Mohamed Suharto President of Indonesia from 1967-98: US$ 15 to 35 billion
2. Ferdinand Marcos President of the Philippines from 1972-86 US$ 5 to 10 billion
3. Mobutu Sese Seko President of Zaire from 1965-97 US$ 5 billion
4. Sani Abacha President of Nigeria from 1993-98 US$ 2 to 5 billion
5. Slobodan Milosevic President of Serbia/Yugoslavia from 1989-2000 US$ 1 billion
6. Jean-Claude Duvalier President of Haiti from 1971-86 US$300 to 800 million
7. Alberto Fujimori President of Peru from 1990-2000 US$ 600 million
8. Pavlo Lazarenko Prime Minister of Ukraine from 1996-97 US$ 114 to 200 million
9. Arnoldo Alem�n President of Nicaragua from 1997-2002 US$ 100 million
10. Joseph Estrada President of the Philippines from 1998-2001 US$ 78 to 80 million"

The list is part of the press release prepared to draw attention to Transparency International's new Global Corruption Report 2004 Brendan I. Koerner explains how Suharto reached the top of his field in Slate: "How Did Suharto Steal $35 Billion? Cronyism 101."