While some politicians squander that money or steal it, Mr. Attah, a short, affable man of 68, presents himself as an honest broker seeking to modernize his state.

"It's worse than organized crime, because the politicians steal legally."

Countries with corrupt and incompetent governments stay poor no matter how much aid they are given, largely because the politicians simply steal it.

"The politicians here steal their own Government's money so their Government can't do its part."

Look at the politicians stealing money.

Fortunato explained how corrupt politicians had stolen the EU aid intended to bring sanitation to his island.

Crime and unemployment are up, wages are down, and polls indicate that a growing number of Argentines think that their politicians are stealing fortunes.

National investigators said cotton magnates and politicians had stolen billions of rubles over the years through padding cotton harvest figures.

Are you going to let crooked politicians steal the country from you?

An economy that allows bankers and politicians to steal billions whilst our own old and sick suffer in poverty.