"In 2017, the anti-corruption group Transparency International Canada received a donation of $112,708.08 and listed it as from an “anonymous donor known to TI-Canada.”... “TI Canada conducted due diligence on the donor before accepting funds,” the group noted. “The decision to accept the donation was made by TI Canada’s Board of Directors following a thorough consideration of the matter.” Transparency International Canada is an affiliate of the umbrella group Transparency International in Berlin, which has a donations policy that provides that “Each TI body should list all donations over 1,000 Euros (about $1500 Canadian) and publicly disclose them.” James Cohen, the executive director of Transparency International Canada, interprets that policy as requiring a disclosure of the donation, not the donor."

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Transparency International is an international, non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 1993. Its purpose is to take action to combat global corruption with civil societal anti-corruption measures and to prevent criminal activities arising from corruption. It publishes for example the Global Corruption Barometer and the Corruption Perceptions Index. Transparency International has the legal status of a German registered voluntary association and serves as an

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