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Africa: Africa Struggling to Tackle Illicit Capital Flows
East African, 16 May 2018
Lack of cooperation and information exchange between countries is limiting Africa's efforts to prevent illicit financial flows, experts have said. Read more »
Money illegally transferred across borders has more than doubled to U.S.$100 billion annually from U.S.$50 billion in 2015, but a lack of cooperation and information exchange between countries is limiting efforts to prevent illicit financial flows, experts say.
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