TI reveals political power correlation to corruption
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-01-28T17:02:00
Lack of campaign finance transparency and increased perceptions of political power among the wealthy are factors that correlate with a high risk of corruption according to Transparency International’s 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index.
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