Relationship between illicit economic activity and illicit financial flows Rao, Sumedh Illicit Flows Natural Resources Trade Econometric evidence finds a mutually reinforcing relationship between illicit economic activities and illicit financial flows. Qualitative research identifies impacts of illicit economic activities and financial flows. These may provide potential ways of explaining the causal link. DFID 2013 2013 Text 8p http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/relationship_between_illicit_economic_activity_and_illicit_financial_flows.pdf