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Disregard of Corruption in-Country

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Q51 25/100

Do the armed forces have military doctrine addressing corruption as a strategic issue on operations?

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Military doctrine Score: 25 / 100
The KSA army has no official, publicly or internally available doctrine that focuses on corruption as a strategic issue. While the Saudi military as…
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Transparency Score: NA / 100
This sub-indicator is scored Not Applicable as there is no public evidence of a military doctrine. Nevertheless, evidence on whether Saudi Arabia treats corruption…
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Q52 0/100

Is there training in corruption issues for commanders at all levels in order to ensure that these commanders are clear on the corruption issues they may face during deployment?

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Score: 0 / 100
According to a military officer in the army, there is no training on corruption issues delivered to the commanders or officers (1). Another officer…
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Q53 0/100

Is corruption as a strategic issue considered in the forward planning of operations? If so, is there evidence that commanders at all levels apply this knowledge in the field?

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Forward planning Score: 0 / 100
Although KSA has no publicly available military doctrine, they try to consider corruption issues and risk in forwarding planning when it comes to large…
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Application Score: 0 / 100
According to our sources, Saudi Arabia is engaged in operations in Yemen, Bahrain, Lebanon, and other small operations elsewhere, but there are no indications,…
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Corruption within Mission

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Q54 0/100

Are trained professionals regularly deployed to monitor corruption risk in the field (whether deployed on operations or peacekeeping missions)?

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Corruption monitoring Score: 0 / 100
According to our sources, there are not trained personnel for corruption monitoring in the field (1), (2). Corruption has not been prioritized or even…
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M&E policy Score: 0 / 100
As there are no trained personnel on anti-corruption deployed in the field, M&E guidance for missions on how to monitor corruption risks does not…
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Transparency Score: NA / 100
This sub-indicator is marked Not Applicable. As there are no trained personnel on anti-corruption deployed in the field, reports from missions on how to…
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Contracting

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Q55 0/100

Are there guidelines, and staff training, on addressing corruption risks in contracting whilst on deployed operations or peacekeeping missions?

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Comprehensiveness Score: 0 / 100
According to our sources, there are no such guidelines in deployment. As one source confirmed, “During our mission in Yemen, we never had such…
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Training Score: 0 / 100
According to our sources, there is no training provided on corruption risks in procurement for personnel on missions (1). However, the source confirmed that…
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Private Security Companies

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Q56 NS/100

Are private military contractors employed and if so, are they subject to a similar level of scrutiny as for the armed forces?

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Policies Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. According to our sources, PMCs are used in the country through the office of…
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Scrutiny Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. There is no evidence of PMCs in Saudi Arabia being subject to any kind…
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Enforcement Score: NS / 100
This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. Saudi Arabia has no policies or laws on the use of PMCs (1).
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