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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Threat Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in West Africa |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Senegal: |
| Name of publisher | Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa, |
| Year of publication | 2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 99p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This report conducts a threat assessment of money laundering and terrorist financing in the West Africa region, specifically in Benin, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. The introduction outlines the objectives of the study and includes a description of the methodology and operational approach, which included data collection from open source material, as well as a range of interviews with relevant observers, local officials, and key practitioners and decision makers. This was followed by detailed analysis seeking to examine the source of illicit funds, how they are laundered, and where they are being moved to, and in doing so, throw light on a range of issues, including the weaknesses in regional efforts to tackle laundering and the consequences of money laundering for the rule of law.There are numerous different methodologies of tax evasion which often vary according the size and international exposure of an entity; some estimates put government revenue loss from tax evasion as high as 50% of potential revenues. Funds from tax evasion can be concealed as business profits and they can also be diverted into the informal economy and real estate sectors.Corruption has a particularly corrosive impact on state capacity and is a concern in West Africa at all levels. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Drug, Smuggling, Human trafficking, Corruption, Money laundering, Tax evasion, Bank, Private sector, Fraud, Terrorism |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/116_threat-assessment-on-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing-in-west-africa---english-rev051410-_added.pdf |
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| Koha item type | Computer Files |
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