If you venture on to the Transparency International website and inspect their Corruption Perception index then you will see at the bottom of the page,
2011 Corruption Perceptions Index -- Results
a table of the perceived levels of corruption in the world. From what I have seen during my 40+ years in the business the level of abuse of maintenance procedures is broadly in line with this table.
Note that the UK is 16th, the USA 24th, France 25th, Spain 31st, Hungary 54th, Italy 69th, Brazil 73rd and Serbia 86th. Figures for the year 2011.
We are not angels and the problem is I suggest one that is likely to grow logarithmically as you move down the table rather than a simple linear growth.
A few years ago I did a Maintenance Manager's course in the USA and all attendees had to do a compulsory session with a man from the FAA on the use of counterfeit or 'bogus' parts. They considered it to be the No1 global problem at that time.
G.
(CGB (above) I think we need to have a chat about your interest in live-stock)
