“Corruption poses a serious threat to democracy, to growth and to security as it undermines democratic institutions and the rule of law, it erodes citizens’ trust to institutions, their prosperity as well as equality” OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Vice President and Special Representative on Fighting Corruption, Cypriot MP, Irene Charalambides stresses in a statement about today’s International Anti-Corruption Day 2023, which this year marks the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.