The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that Canada's score in a global ranking of perceived levels of public-sector corruption has been steadily declining over the past decade, according to a new report from Transparency International. The Globe's Alexandra Posadzki writes that the annual report from the Berlin-based anti-corruption organization rates the perceived levels of public-sector corruption in 182 countries and territories based on more than a dozen independent data sources, ranking them on a scale of zero for very corrupt to 100 for very clean. Canada scored at 75, flat from a year earlier but down from 84 in 2012. The United States was ranked at 64, down one point from a year earlier and significantly below its 2015 baseline of 76. The organization says that in many of countries, corruption has increased as independent checks and balances have been weakened, enforcement has declined and gaps in legislation have not been addressed. Allegations such as those emerging as part of a massive police corruption probe in Toronto can have a detrimental impact on public trust. Canada's anti-money-laundering regime is in the midst of a review. (The review follows TD Bank's criminal charges in the U.S.)