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alp227

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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 07:40 PM Dec 2012

Canada among least corrupt countries, report says [View all]

Source: CBC

The annual Corruption Perceptions Index by Berlin-based watchdog Transparency International ranked the public sectors of 174 countries and territories based on the data collected from over a dozen groups, including the World Bank.

According to the data, Denmark, Finland and New Zealand ranked in a three-way tie as the least corrupt countries in the world.

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For the sixth year in a row Canada placed in the top 10 least corrupt countries, tied for ninth with the Netherlands. Among the Americas, however, Canada was on top, ahead of Barbados and the United States.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/12/05/canada-corruption-perceptions-index-transparency-international.html

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