00838nam a22001337a 4500 Cobham, Alex The Impacts of Illicit Financial Flows on Peace and Security in Africa USA GFI 2008 36p A range of estimates of illicit financial flows confirm that the problem facing Africa is large, and has grown substantially. Annual losses in recent years range as high as $100 billion, and for many countries the long-­‐term average has exceeded 10% of recorded GDP. Even allowing for substantial uncertainty in estimates of flows whose defining characteristic is that they are hidden, the order of magnitude is dramatic. Corruption http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/the_impacts_of_illicit_financial_flows_on_peace_and_security_in_africa.pdf CF 141 141