Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) since 1995, annually ranking countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys.. The CPI generally defines corruption as the misuse of public power for private benefit..
The Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) is but the latest such incarnation of a very old theme - but with a deadly, sometime mass destructive force. The DHS defines this as a potential weapon of mass destruction.
The elite Afghan soldiers discovered a vehicle by the side of the road that had been prepared for use as a VBIED. 39) Another case, from January 2008, involved a group of five terrorists who were preparing their VBIED when it accidentally went off, killing them all.