Bankrupting Kleptocracy: Financial Tools to Counter Kleptocracy in Africa’s Deadliest War Zones
- Washington D.C. Enough 2016
- 59p.
This report describes how the state in several conflict-affected countries in East and Central Africa has been hijacked and transformed from an institution that should to provide social services and safeguard the rule of law into a predatory criminal enterprise that does quite the opposite. The report highlights the potential of three types of tools to build leverage in the fight against violent kleptocracy. These are targeted sanctions, anti-money laundering provisions, and anti-bribery laws.
