U4 Helpdesk Answer - The Syrian Arab Republic: corruption and anti-

The Syrian Interim Government The Syrian Salvation Government In late 2012, the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces was established The Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) was in Doha, comprising Syrian opposition groups, formed in 2017 in Idlib province in the northwest, representatives of local councils, armed groups, the as an alternative government of the Syrian Kurdish. [...] in Damascus, convened by the governor of the Central Bank of Syria, exemplifies changes in the The Bertelsman Transformation Index (BTI) composition of the business elite closely connected (2023) report states that corruption in Syria is to the Assad government (Jalabi 2023a). [...] In the Administrative corruption northwest, Awad (2021) reports that local councils give a percentage of the aid they receive to officials from the General Administration of the Displaced Bribery is reportedly one of the most common forms Affairs who are affiliated with SSG in order to of corruption in Syria, driven in large part by poor influence the allocation of supplies to IDP camps in economi. [...] Human trafficking in Syria is among the most This issue has become particularly prominent in egregious in the world as the country is the major recent years, following the rapid depreciation of the source and destination country for forced labour Syrian pound (SYP) and the inclusion of the and sexual exploitation targeting both local and Central Bank of Syria (CBS) on the specially U4 Anti-Corrupt. [...] International aid Another challenge, associated with international aid, is the difficulty in tracking and overseeing the Due to the conflict that began in 2011, Syria has movement of aid dollars once they enter the Syrian become one of the largest recipients of financial system, due to a lack of transparency and humanitarian aid in the world, with the bulk of this checks and balances with regards.