AML POLICY
Figure 1: Total number of inbound FDI projects by country.
they suggest that illicit money flows influence
both the choice of host countries for FDI and
the volume of FDI outflows to these countries. Their paper estimates that 10 percent of
total FDI flows and over half of FDI to money
laundering countries are intended to facilitate illicit money flows.
Money laundering stages, shell and front
companies, trusts, nominees and other
corporate vehicles
Foreign investments by their nature can
be used for money laundering purposes
in vari