The thing I've always found intriguing is that the tricks used by politicians and parties to hide the sources of their campaign financing feel like they were adapted from organised crime. (Which politics may well be, but that's another matter.)
* Make sure that individual donations are small enough to avoid the source reporting
* Cycle larger donations through entities that themselves do not need to report their sources
In any other context these patterns would trigger all kinds of money laundering alarms, but in politics it's considered business as usual.
* Make sure that individual donations are small enough to avoid the source reporting
* Cycle larger donations through entities that themselves do not need to report their sources
In any other context these patterns would trigger all kinds of money laundering alarms, but in politics it's considered business as usual.