Transparency International, it should be noted, was reported in January 2015 to have accepted a US$3 million donation from Munich-based engineering multinational Siemens. The money was from a fund that Siemens established after settling a corruption case with the World Bank in 2009. Another past benefactor of the organization, Balfour Beatty construction — Britain‘s ‚Halliburton‘ admitted to massive bribery.