‘Investment programmes’ that tie the granting of citizenship to money can never be truly free of corruption.
![A person holds an image of a passport during a protest against corruption outside the Filoxenia Conference Center, currently hosting Cyprus parliament, in Nicosia, Cyprus October 14, 2020. [Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RTX829JT.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

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‘Investment programmes’ that tie the granting of citizenship to money can never be truly free of corruption.
![A person holds an image of a passport during a protest against corruption outside the Filoxenia Conference Center, currently hosting Cyprus parliament, in Nicosia, Cyprus October 14, 2020. [Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RTX829JT.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)