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Kleptocrats’ trusted helpers: The professions that enable illicit financial flows

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  • Sophie Lemaître

    (IODE - Institut de l'Ouest : Droit et Europe - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Anrike Visser

Abstract

‘Enablers' are those people and professions who make illicit financial flows possible. They include lawyers, accountants, bankers, real estate agents and others – and the firms they represent. Whether they know it or not, they play an essential role in helping kleptocrats to move, launder and spend the proceeds of their illicit wealth, while also helping them to ‘whitewash' their reputation. Many enablers are based in countries that are significant providers of official development assistance. We therefore make some important recommendations to help address the ‘enablers' problem'.

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  • Sophie Lemaître & Anrike Visser, 2023. "Kleptocrats’ trusted helpers: The professions that enable illicit financial flows," Working Papers hal-04654329, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04654329
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