Illicit financial flows (IFFs) in West Africa have long contributed to the region’s instability, partly due to their links to regional terrorist organisations such as Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM has directly and indirectly participated in and perpetuated illicit financial...

This special issue of the Journal of Illicit Economies and Development builds on a growing, multifaceted research and policy agenda that advances development perspectives of illicit economies in the Global South. Conventional policy discourses have typically framed this issue as a security...

In mancher Hinsicht ist Afrika der wohl reichste Kontinent der Welt: Ein Drittel der weltweiten Rohstoffvorkommen liegt hier unter der Erdoberfläche. Für die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung bedeutet dieser Reichtum allerdings weit mehr Fluch als Segen. Ein kriminelles Netzwerk aus zwielichtigen...

Insights into Illicit Financial Flows from South Africa / Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga -- Nexus Between Illicit Financial Flows, Governance and Development in the Republic of South Africa / Sakah Bernard Nsaidzedze and Pacific Thales Yapatake Kossele -- Social and Economic Effects of Illicit...