2016-04-18

A 2016 grant supported an investigation that revealed how four of Africa’s most long-standing ruling political parties are being financed from illicit financial flows from large multi-national corporations.

A 2016 grant supported an investigation that revealed how four of Africa’s most long-standing ruling political parties are being financed from illicit financial flows from large multi-national corporations.

The investigation resulted in numerous articles being published in the mainstream media as well as in policy-oriented publications such as Harvard ‘s Human Rights Journal and the World Policy Journal. The authors of the investigation were asked to present their findings before the African Union’s Parliament and the Anti-Corruption Board and to the OECD.

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Illicit money flows to African political parties (2015-2016)