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Publications - Global Financial Integrity

Mexico: Illicit Financial Flows, Macroeconomic Imbalances, and the Underground Economy

Mexico: Illicit Financial Flows, Macroeconomic Imbalances, and the Underground Economy

by Dev Kar

Jan-30-2012 | Report

A report from GFI finds that Mexico lost a total of $872 billion in illicit financial flows (or illegal capital flight) over a 41-year period from 1970 to 2010. These illicit financial flows were generally the product of: corruption, bribery and kickbacks, criminal activities, and efforts to shelter wealth from a country's tax authorities... Read More »

Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries Over the Decade Ending 2009

Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries Over the Decade Ending 2009

by Sarah Freitas, Dev Kar

Dec-15-2011 | Report

Illicit Financial Flows Report Update: Updating its January 2011 report, GFI has expanded the range of years analyzed and updated existing figures based on the newest available data... Read More »

Transnational Crime in the Developing World

Transnational Crime in the Developing World

by Jeremy Haken

Feb-07-2011 | Report

This report from GFI finds that the illicit trade in “goods, guns, people, and natural resources” is a $650 billion enterprise, which most negatively impacts the developing world.... Read More »

Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2000-2009

Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2000-2009

by Karly Curcio, Dev Kar

Jan-18-2011 | Report

Updating its 2008 report, GFI has expanded the range of years analyzed, updated existing figures based on new data, and included a focus on Asia.... Read More »

The Drivers and Dynamics of Illicit Financial Flows from India: 1948-2008

The Drivers and Dynamics of Illicit Financial Flows from India: 1948-2008

by Dev Kar

Nov-17-2010 | Report

India's underground economy is closely tied to illicit financial outflows. The total present value of India's illicit assets held abroad ($462 billion) accounts for approximately 72 percent of India's underground economy.... Read More »

The Absorption of Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2002-2006

The Absorption of Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2002-2006

by Dev Kar

May-24-2010 | Report

This report examines where trillions of dollars in illicit finances—the proceeds of crime, corruption, and tax evasion—are being deposited.... Read More »

Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System

Capitalism's Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free-Market System

by Raymond Baker

Aug-05-2005 | Book

In this book, Raymond Baker provides a fascinating insider's look at the way criminals, terrorists, and businesspeople move dirty money around the world, impoverishing billions and corrupting capitalism's ideals of fair play... Read More »

Dirty Money and Its Global Effects

Dirty Money and Its Global Effects

by Raymond Baker, Brionne Dawson, Ilya Shulman, Clint Brewer

Jan-06-2003 | Report

The globalizing era has produced an explosion in the volume of illegitimate commercial and financial transactions. North American and European banking and investment institutions have been flooded with laundered and ill-gotten gains. Amounting to trillions of dollars, most of these sums are generated through secretive ar- rangements between co- operating but distant private-sector entities.... Read More »