The Top 5 Countries with the Most Illicit Financial Flow

  Country Illicit Financial Flow
(USD)
1 China
(mainland)
$1.07 trillion
2 Russia $880.9 billion
3 Mexico $468.1 billion
4 Malaysia $370.3 billion
5 India $343.9 billion
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Sources:  Global Financial Integrity Report. (2013). "Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries 2001 to 2011"

List Notes: List data is illicit financial flow from developing countries from the years 2001 to 2011 in U.S. dollars. Illicit financial flow is a term in economics that refers to a form of illegal capital flight and occurs when money is illegally earned, transferred, or spent in the underground economy. This money is intended to disappear from any record in the country of origin, and earnings on the stock of illicit financial flows outside of a country generally do not return to the country of origin.
Countries with the Most Illicit Financial Flow

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