Smart City: A Qualitative Reflection of How the Intelligence Concept with Effective Ethics Procedures Applied to the Urban Territory Can Effectively Contribute to Mitigate the Corruption Process and Illicit Economy Markets

The public corruption and illicit market correspond to the greatest global challenges to be overcome by governments worldwide (Transparency International 2017). According to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2017, for 180 countries/territories studied, most of them are making little or no progress in ending corruption in the public sector. The public money laundered affects direct investments in infrastructure to improve the city’s performance. The corruption encourages directly the illicit activities formation and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue from illicit activities are handled globally every year and was identified in the context of National Risk Assessments as part of the major risks that could affect countries in development. These practices have generated negative effects in society and the cities are the context in which all these issues occur. Then, this paper has aimed to conduct a qualitative reflection of how smart cities, which represent efficiency and effectiveness places, can contribute through your intelligent environment to mitigate the corruption process and illicit market operations.