” “"Corruption, which cuts across all social sectors and cannot only be blamed on economic operators or civil servants, is furthered by the poor transparency of international finance, the existence of tax havens and the difference in the level of the fight, often confined to each state, while the range of action of the persons involved in corruption is usually supranational and international": this is the text of presentation of the Note of the Papal Council for Justice and Peace, called "The fight against corruption", on preview for the press today. "Corruption reads on the note is a very serious distortion of the political system, because it twists at the roots the role of the representative bodies …thus preventing the achievement of the common good". It adds that "in addition corruption is to be counted as one of the causes that most concur to determine underdevelopment and poverty by depriving peoples of the fundamental common good that is legality". ” “
