A new report released today in Berlin by Transparency International (TI) ranks 34 countries in regard to their overall corruption-fighting efforts, with some surprising results. The bottom four? Britain, Italy, Japan and Canada. According to TI, the four countries had “practically no investigations or extremely few” looking into bribery.

According to the website Deutsche Welle, Germany and the United States top TI’s list as leading the fight against corruption. One expert told the site that those two countries are “at the forefront in applying an OECD [Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development] anti-corruption convention.”

The website also noted Germany’s pursuit of Siemens as proof of the country’s proactive anti-corruption habits. You can read more about the Siemens’ case here.

And, on the other end of the spectrum, the article reminds readers who may be surprised to see the UK on the bottom of the list that the BAE debacle is still raging on…