Corruption has infected the three levels of the State: central, provincial and municipal. In the more than three months of the presidential state of emergency decree, which streamlines public procurement by relaxing prior controls, hundreds of irregularities have been uncovered in the purchase of medical materials such as face masks, Covid-19 tests or bags for transport corpses.
The Prosecutor's Office has initiated at least 141 investigations related to the epidemic, the Comptroller's Office is examining the use of public money in nearly 200 contracts, and public institutions such as Social Security or the General Risk Secretariat have been headed.
Operations have been carried out, with the result of 37 raids and 17 arrests, including several high-level officials from different public institutions.