It is a widely accepted fact that in Saudi Arabia (and for that matter, in the other Gulf countries, too) bribery and other forms of corruption have long been the primary mean of pursuing one's matters in government offices and also in private companies. But the attitudes seem to be changing.
For instance, over the past 1-2 years Saudi media has given much more attention to debate about corruption, uncovered abuse of public funds and so forth. Here is a recent article from Arab News: Man caught taking bribe red-handed
Still, I was somewhat amazed when I saw the below advertisement in a major local newspaper some time ago:
A new governmental body, The National Anti-Corruption Commission, was set up by a royal order last March. Apparently they are at least trying to fulfill their mission of combating corruption.
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