DayInternational Anti Corruption Day

December 9·Every year

International Anti-Corruption Day

December 9th marks the signing of the UN Convention Against Corruption in 2003. Corruption costs the global economy an estimated $2.6 trillion annually — 5% of world GDP. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index ranks Denmark, Finland, and New Zealand as the world's least corrupt countries, a position they have held for over a decade.

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