Press Release: Financial Crime Regulation: A Global South Perspect
Press Release: Financial Crime Regulation: A Global South Perspective | August 2021 “Covid 19 has heightened the vulnerability and exposure of the Global South to Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs)” – Professor Akinkugbe The Global South Dialogue on Economic Crime (GSDEC)’s inaugural conference themed Financial Regulation: A Global South Perspective which held on the 21st of […]
CYBERSECURITY AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
CYBERSECURITY AND FINANCIAL CRIMES INTRODUCTION With the increase in technological reliance from all ends of society, the risk of data leak has been on the rise. Sensitive information like social security numbers, credit card information and bank account details are now stored in cloud storage devices like Dropbox or Google Drive which may harm one’s […]
THE CASE AGAINST RAMON OLORUNWA ABBAS [HUSHPUPPI]
THE CASE AGAINST RAMON OLORUNWA ABBAS [HUSHPUPPI] Controversial issues affecting the public and personal interests of members of society arise from time to time. One of such issues remains the controversial case of Nigerian Instagram celebrity – Hushpupi which is the alias for “Ramon Olorunwa Abbas”, a 37-year-old who was famous for posting photos of […]
The Case against Ramon Olorunwa Abbas [Hushpuppi]
Controversial issues affecting the public and personal interests of members of the society arise from time to time. One of such issues remains the controversial case of Nigerian Instagram celebrity- Hushpupi which is the alias for “Ramon Olorunwa Abbas”, a 37-year-old who was famous for posting photos of his lavish lifestyle on Instagram, where he […]
EFFECTIVENESS OF WHISTLEBLOWING FRAMEWORKS IN AFRICA
Effectiveness of Whistleblowing Frameworks in Africa On 24 March 2021, the Global South Dialogue on Economic Crime hosted a webinar themed ‘Effectiveness of Whistleblowing Frameworks in Africa’. The webinar’s core focus was to explore three jurisdictions: namely Nigeria, Uganda and Ghana to adduce how effective the frameworks and policies were for whistleblowers and whether adequate […]
Global South Dialogue on Economic Crime & Institute of Security Studies, Africa Tax-Related Illicit Financial Flows: Perspectives from the Global South Policy Outcomes
In April/May 2021, the Global South Dialogue on Economic Crime (GSDEC) and Enhancing African capacity to respond more effectively to transnational organised crime (ENACT) put out a call for blog submissions focusing on Tax-Related Illicit Financial Flows: Perspectives from the Global South.’ As a result of the blogs submitted, the two organisations co-hosted an online […]
Influence of Governance Indicators on Illicit Financial Outflow from Developing Countries
Anselm Komla Abotsi (PhD) Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics Education, University of Education, Winneba. Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are defined in the Global Financial Integrity (2012) report as “funds that are illegally earned, transferred, or utilized and cover all unrecorded private financial outflows that drive the accumulation of foreign assets by residents in […]
Modern Slavery: Exploring Exploitation-type Activities underlying Illicit Financial Flows
Modern Slavery: Exploring Exploitation-type Activities underlying Illicit Financial Flows Kathy Nicolaou-Manias Yuchen Wu April 2021 “Exploitation-type activities are illegal activities that entail a forced and/or involuntary transfer of economic resources between two actors. Examples include slavery and exploitation, extortion, trafficking in persons and kidnapping.” Exploitation-type occur when one person or group benefit gainfully by exploiting […]
Whistleblowing in Ghana: Why People Refuse to Blow the Whistle
Whistleblowing in Ghana: Why People Refuse to Blow the Whistle By Joseph Antwi-Boasiako (University of Ghana) Whistleblowing can be a highly instrumental tool in curtailing corruption. A study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) in 2018 found that the most common detection method for fraud are reports from whistleblowers. Whistleblower reports accounted for […]