Estimating Illicit Financial Flows

Illicit financial flows constitute a global phenomenon of massive but uncertain scale, which erodes government revenues and drives corruption in countries rich and poor. This book offers a critical examination of existing data and methodologies, identifying the most promising avenues for future improvement. Introduction; Part I. Illicit Financial Flows; 1 History and overview of 'IFF'; Part II. Estimates of IFF Scale; 2 Trade estimates; 3 Capital wealth estimates; 4 International corporate tax avoidance; Part III. Proposals for IFF monitoring; 5 Beyond scale: Risk- and policy-based indicators; 6 New proposals for IFF indicators in the Sustainable Development Goals; 7 Conclusion