The Guardian creator text U.K The Guardian 2015 monographic 3p. Western countries are using aid to Africa as a smokescreen to hide the "sustained looting" of the continent as it loses nearly $60bn a year through tax evasion, climate change mitigation, and the flight of profits earned by foreign multinational companies, a group of NGOs has claimed. Tax Evasion, Illicit Wealth iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/aid_to_africa_donations_from_west_mask_'$60bn_looting'_of_continent_.pdf iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/aid_to_africa_donations_from_west_mask_'$60bn_looting'_of_continent_.pdf