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Clothes donation bin company passes itself off as a charity, while donated items are put up for sale

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68% Informative

Part two of a four -part investigative series by CTV W5 into the seedy underbelly of the clothing donation bin industry.

W5 reporter Jon Woodward and producer Joseph Loiero , using trackers, reveal a for-profit operation masquerading as a charity.

Toys and clothing W5 stuffed with GPS tracking devices ended up scattered throughout the Greater Toronto Area and 7,400 km in Tunisia , Africa .

Nazarene Sebastian and her family came to Canada in 2022 .

When she arrived she vowed to pay her good fortune forward to kids in need.

A toy W5 concealed a GPS tracker in and placed in a clothing bin ended up at a Toronto thrift store, Market by the Pound , where she then purchased it and donated it.

VR Score

57

Informative language

48

Neutral language

74

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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