Illicit Financial Flows

Why This Matters

IFFs drain development resources: Trillions lost globally through tax abuse, money laundering, and trade misinvoicing.

Media as watchdog: Investigative journalism is essential to exposing illicit flows and strengthening accountability.

Fund investigative and cross-border reporting initiatives that uncover illicit finance. Back data journalism and civic finance platforms. Commission evidence of journalism’s role in asset recovery and policy change, and include these impacts in EIB/EIF reporting frameworks.