As custodian agencies of SDG Indicator 16.4.1 "Total value of inward and outward illicit financial flows, in current United States dollars", UNODC and UNCTAD (the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) are leading the work to develop a statistical methodology and a measurement standard to estimate Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs).
Since 2017 the two co-custodians Agencies have been working on a series of coordinated actions that include:
Conceptual framework for the Statistical Measurement of Illicit Financial Flows - English,
Spanish
Asia-Pacific Project (dedicated webpage under development)
Project duration: July 2020 - December 2022
Project partners: UNODC, UNCTAD, ESCAP
Pilot countries: to be identified – Call for expression of interest (Status: open)
Project funding: UNDESA
Latin-America project (dedicated webpage under development)
Project duration: July 2017- December 2020
Project partners: UNODC, UNCTAD, UNODC-INEGI CoE
Pilot countries: Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
Project funding: UNDESA
16 October 2020, 14.00-14.50 (Vienna time) - 10th UNTOC-COP Side Event - Illicit Financial Flows from Illegal Activities: first estimates from Latin America
PowerPoint presentations:
UNCTAD
UNODC
UNODC-INEGI
Center of Excellence
22 September 2020, Asia-Pacific Stats Cafe series: Estimating the size of illicit financial flows: Strengthening national capacity to monitor SDG target 16.4 Venue: online webinar
16-17 July 2019, Task Force meeting on statistical methodologies for measuring illicit financial flows Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
20-22 November 2018, First Regional Technical Meeting on the Measurement of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) Venue: Mexico City, Mexico
20-22 June 2018, Second Expert Meeting on Statistical Methodologies for Measuring Illicit Financial Flows Venue: Geneva, Switzerland
12 -14 December 2017, UNODC-UNCTAD Expert Consultation on the SDG Indicator on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) Venue: Vienna, Austria
