.@guardian reports more money leaves #Africa every year via illicit flows et al than enters via aid+loans. Stunning https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/may/24/world-is-plundering-africa-wealth-billions-of-dollars-a-year …https://twitter.com/smith_jeffreyt/status/867363686599589891 …
@Smith_JeffreyT #s based on adding up mismatches in trade data https://www.cgdev.org/blog/gaps-trade-data-criminal-money-laundering … https://www.cmi.no/publications/5979-illicit-flows-and-trade-misinvoicing … Not evidence of illicit flows