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Asset tracing: Follow the money (Record no. 358)

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Personal name O’Murchu ,Cynthia
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Title Asset tracing: Follow the money
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Place of publication London
Name of publisher Financial Times
Year of publication 2015.
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Number of Pages 7p.
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Summary, etc The article relates to efforts being made mirroring on pressure from community activists in a growing number of countries to recover assets from ousted political leaders. It has come at a time of improved co-operation from nations to which many misappropriated funds have been channelled. The White House and African leaders announced a US-Africa Partnership to combat illicit finance, and senior diplomats called on the world’s richest nations to toughen their laws against money laundering and tax evasion.The Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (Star) in Washington estimates up to $40bn is lost each year to developing countries through corruption and only $5bn was returned in the 15 years till 2011. Most is never found. Examples of leaders accused of misappropriating fnds are given in the article.
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Topical Term ILLICIT WEALTH INEQUALITY TRANSPARENCY MONEY LAUNDERING OFFSHORE
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/asset_tracing_follow_the_money_.pdf
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Koha item type News Articles

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