Addressing illicit financial flows (IFFs), revenue mismanagement and corruption is one of four imperatives highlighted by UN secretary-general António Guterres that must be enacted to ensure that the benefits of mineral resources reach all people in society, not just elites,… Read More ›
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have finalised a conceptual framework for the statistical measurement of illicit financial flows (IFFs). Pilot projects are either underway or due to commence… Read More ›
A mineral tracking system employing a data evaluation tool designed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Zambian Revenue Authority (ZRA) helped Zambia recover an additional US$1 million in export dues from mining companies in… Read More ›
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published an extensive study into illicit financial flows (IFFs) out of Africa that it estimates to amount to around US$89 billion annually. The report argues that IFFs are a shared… Read More ›