Version 1
: Received: 2 July 2024 / Approved: 3 July 2024 / Online: 4 July 2024 (14:16:52 CEST)
How to cite:
Netshisaulu, N. N.; van der Poll, H. M.; van der Poll, J. A. Enhancing and Validating a Framework to Curb Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Preprints2024, 2024070373. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0373.v1
Netshisaulu, N. N.; van der Poll, H. M.; van der Poll, J. A. Enhancing and Validating a Framework to Curb Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Preprints 2024, 2024070373. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0373.v1
Netshisaulu, N. N.; van der Poll, H. M.; van der Poll, J. A. Enhancing and Validating a Framework to Curb Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Preprints2024, 2024070373. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0373.v1
APA Style
Netshisaulu, N. N., van der Poll, H. M., & van der Poll, J. A. (2024). Enhancing and Validating a Framework to Curb Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0373.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Netshisaulu, N. N., Huibrecht Margaretha van der Poll and John Andrew van der Poll. 2024 "Enhancing and Validating a Framework to Curb Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs)" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.0373.v1
Abstract
This article examines illicit financial flows (IFFs) perpetuated in financial statements to develop a framework to curb IFFs. IFFs create opacity, impeding economic progress through investment deterrents and financial uncertainty. Through a comprehensive literature review and the synthesis of sets of qualitative propositions, the researchers previously developed a conceptual framework to address IFFs, and the purpose of the present article is to strengthen and validate the framework among stakeholders in the financial and audit sectors. Following a mixed inductive and deductive research approach and a qualitative methodological choice, the researchers conducted interviews among practitioners to enhance the framework, followed by a focus group to validate the framework. IFF challenges that emerged are tax evasion, for example, investments in untraceable offshore accounts, harming the economy, bitcoins not being subject to regulation everywhere in the world and being used by cryptocurrency criminals to transfer IFFs to nations with lax regulations. Internationally, IFF risks are also determined by geographical position, trade links and porous borders among countries emerged as further challenges, calling for entities to execute existing policies, improve tax enforcement methods, apply cross-border coordination, and practice financial reporting transparency aimed at combatting IFF practices. On the strength of these, the industry surveys significantly enhanced the conceptual framework.
Keywords
Categories of illicit financial flows (IFFs); Causes of IFFs; Characteristics of IFFs; Countermeasures of IFFs; Financial reporting; Illicit financial flows; Propositions; Qualitative surveys
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Accounting and Taxation
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
