Economic Crime

(asked on 30th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the scale of illicit finance in the UK that may be linked to corruption and originates from African states.


Answered by
Damian Hinds Portrait
Damian Hinds
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 22nd April 2022

The NCA has had no prosecutions in respect of money linked to corruption flowing from African states during 2018, 2019 and 2020. The Government regularly assesses the threat posed by corruption and money laundering, including through the NCA-led National Strategic Assessment and the joint Home Office and Treasury National Risk Assessment of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing.

The government also undertakes specific geographic research and analysis as required, including through the FCDO-funded Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme.

In 2020 the National Crime Agency, through the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce, publicly issued an Amber Alert on the bribery and corruption risks in the independent schools sector. Its focus was country agnostic although it included African case studies.

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