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Illicit financial flows : illicit narcotics transiting West Africa
Shaw, Mark - 2019
This paper explores the flow of illicit narcotics transiting West Africa. It is divided into four sections, providing an overview of the nature and scope of the illicit narcotic economy, the networks and actors involved and its development impacts, including its resulting illicit financial...
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Illicit financial flows : illicit trade in counterfeit, pirated and substandard goods in Ghana
Lallerstedt, Karl - 2019
Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137029
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Crime and conflicts in Africa : consequences of corruption?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410031
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Crime and Conflicts in Africa : Consequences of Corruption?
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032567
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Illicit financial flows : the role of Al Qaeda and its affiliates in the Islamic Maghreb
Kouts, Theodore - 2019
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137023
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Vulnerability and Exposure to Illicit Financial Flows Risk in Africa
Abugre, Charles - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864339
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The information method: Theory and application
Engström, Per; Hesselius, Patrik - 2007
When estimating the extent of e.g. excess use of public benefits one traditionally uses direct monitoring. Such direct … to information of increased monitoring. Through an extensive randomized social experiment we apply the method to one … on ordinary random monitoring (22.5 percent compared to 16 percent). The method is potentially applicable to a large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317954
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From the Red Core to the Black Sky : Corporate Crime in the Transnational Matrix
Russell, Steve - 2006
Popular culture has presented a series of what Harlan Ellison might call "dangerous visions" wherein man's creations become his master. This trope is as old as speculative fiction, but The Matrix adds a new twist in that machines are able to project an alternate reality that hides the role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060332
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The interpenetration of criminal and lawful economic activities
Wallwaey, Elisa; Havas, Attila; Cuhls, Kerstin - 2022
As the world economy operates more and more through computerised transactions, new possibilities for intertwining criminal and lawful economic activities open up, as well as new opportunities for law enforcement agencies to fight crime. Considering the tremendous and potentially devastating...
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Is Model Accuracy Enough? A Field Evaluation Of A Machine Learning Model To Catch Bogus Firms
Barwahwala, Taha; Mahajan, Aprajit; Mittal, Shekhar; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We investigate the use of a machine learning (ML) algorithm to identify fraudulent non-existent firms. Using a rich dataset of tax returns over several years in an Indian state, we train an ML-based model to predict fraudulent firms. We then use the model predictions to carry out field...
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