Watchdog seeks lost Africa wealth (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Genc Lamani
BBC News

An anti-corruption campaign group has urged governments in the West to help Africa recover part of the wealth lost through corruption.
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Transparency International (TI) which leads a campaign against corruption worldwide, says the phenomenon is seriously undermining Africa's fragile democracies and hindering efforts to achieve sustainable development.
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Although difficult to quantify, analysts estimate Africa has lost more than $140bn due to corruption both by its own governments and Western companies in the post-colonial period.
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Last year, a United Nations treaty against corruption came into effect. It enables illegally acquired assets to be seized and eliminates banking secrecy protection for those under investigation.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4890162.stm

Maybe after they're done with Africa, they can help here ? We've lost a few trillion to corruption in just the last four years!

[yellowcanine]

1. Hopefully they can sieze some of Pat Robertson's ill-gotten gains

from Charley Taylor's diamond mines.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. That money isn't lost - it 's just inaccessible.

I don't know how many emails I've gotten asking for help in recovering some of that money.

[Blue_Tires]

3. i thought DeBeers had it all?