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Nigeria: Nigeria Tasks Developing Countries On Illicit Financial Flows
Leadership, 28 March 2019
Nigeria has urged members of the South-South Cooperation to take concrete steps at tackling illicit financial flows as a strategy to address poverty and accelerate growth among the… Read more »
Nigeria Calls For Cooperation Against Illicit Financial Flows
With Africa estimated to be losing over U.S.$80 billion annually through illicit financial flows, the Nigerian government has called for international cooperation to combat the trend and strengthen practices on asset return. Illicit financial flows are regarded as illegal capital flight that occurs when money is illegally earned, transferred, or spent.
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Africa: Africa Loses More in Illicit Financial Flows - Experts
Premium Times, 25 March 2019
African experts recently gathered in Senegal to discuss illicit financial flows (IFFs) and suggest ways of tackling it in the continent. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Calls On International Cooperation to Tackle Illicit Financial Flow
Premium Times, 27 March 2019
With Africa estimated to be losing over $80 billion annually through illicit financial flows, the Nigerian government has called for international cooperation to combat the trend… Read more »
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Nigeria: Curbing Illicit Financial Flows in Extractive Industry
This Day, 28 March 2019
In this report Ugo Aliogo examines efforts of stakeholders to curb illicit financial flows in the country Read more »
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West Africa: CSOs Track Illicit Financial Flows in West Africa
Guardian, 22 March 2019
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), in partnership with Transparency Internaßtional (TI), has launched an online anti-money laundering tracker that would… Read more »
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Nigeria: Oil Sector Tops U.S.$218 Billion Illicit Financial Flows From Nigeria
Leadership, 28 February 2019
The oil and gas sector of the Nigeria economy is responsible for 92.9 per cent of illicit financial flows (IFF) with over $217.7 billion said to have flowed out of the country… Read more »
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Nigeria: Oil Sector Contributes 92.9% of Illicit Financial Flows - Report
This Day, 5 March 2019
A report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and Trust Africa has disclosed how companies and persons doing business in Nigeria's oil and gas… Read more »
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Nigeria: NEITI Identifies Enablers of Illicit Financial Flows in Nigeria's Extractive Industries
Premium Times, 7 March 2019
A new report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has identified three enablers of illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Nigeria's extractive… Read more »
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To stop illicit gold trading in Uganda the government's new mining policy will streamline mining activities, enforce transparency and improve the safety records in mines. According ... Read more »
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called for stringent actions against perpetrators of illicit financial flows at the Peace Forum in Paris. Buhari said Nigeria strengthened its laws ... Read more »
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Former Tanzania president Benjamin Mkapa says domestic resource mobilisation will help African countries in their pursuit to finance their own development. Mkapa said this during ... Read more »
