00860nam a22001097a 4500100001900000245005200019260002200071300000800093520050700101650003900608856010300647 aTadesse, M. F. aHidden in Plain Sight: Illicit Financial Flows  bThe Minskysc2017 a5p. aThis article explores how illicit financial flows, often mistaken as capital flight occur and the role they play in keeping economies from developing ,especially in the African continent. It groups Illicit flows in three categories namely; commercial activities, which account for 65% of IFFs; criminal activities, estimated to be about 30%; and corruption, amounting to around 5% .The article ranks trade mis-invoicing as the most common way illicit funds leave developing nations, averaging 83.4%. aIllicit Wealth, Trade Misinvoicing uiffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/Hidden in Plain Sight_ Illicit Financial Flows - The Minskys.pdf