The Daily Beast, using public corruption, embezzlement, fraud and other criminal case stats, has ranked the states on corruption (link fixed). Arkansas comes in at No. 14, helped by particularly high individual rankings in fraud, forgery and counterfeiting. The current racketeering case in North Little Rock gets a mention.

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