The following underlines Transparency International’s mission to combat corruption: Corruption undermines good government, fundamentally distorts public policy, leads to the misallocation of resources, and particularly hurts the poor. In September 2007, former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon stated that: Corruption undermines democracy and the rule of law. Corruption results in unsustainable development, environmental pollution, wealth distribution that is unequal and inequitable, and leakages of a nation’s resources. In China, the Qing dynasty in 220 BC identified the concept of corruption and imposed heavy penalties on the perpetrators. The original trial that was encountered by the first human being created by Allah had the element of corruption.
