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Scale of corruption/stolen assets in Africa

This U4 Expert Answer provides corruption data and sources to asses the scale of the problem of stolen assets in selected African countries. Although very little information is available on actual amounts of embezzled funds, data was found on Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya, which are perceived to be the most corrupt of the countries. Two recent initiatives on asset recovery are of special relevance in this area. The G8 asset recovery declaration makes provision for a series of initiatives aiming at helping victim state recover illicit acquired assets while the UNODC asset recovery initiative is running two pilot projects on recovery of proceeds of corruption in Kenya and Nigeria.
3 January 2006

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(2006) Scale of corruption/stolen assets in Africa. Bergen: U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Helpdesk Answer null)

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