The Regulation of Illicit Financial Flows (RIFF) Dataset: A New World Map of 30-yeas of Financial Secrecy and Anti-Money Laundering Reforms
Published:
December, 2024
Authors:
Daniel Haberly, Valentina Gullo, Tom Shipley, Tomas Boukal, Miroslav Palansky, Robert Barrington
To assess the effectiveness of international efforts to combat illicit financial flows (IFFs), we need a map of how and when specific reforms have been implemented in key jurisdictions around the world over the past few decades. Here we introduce the largest and most detailed dataset to date of long-term change in the global IFF regulatory landscape – the Regulation of Illicit Flows (RIFF) dataset. Compiled with support from the GI ACE program, and assistance from the FSI team at the Tax Justice Network, the RIFF provides annual data on 23 regulatory indicators, in 70 key jurisdictions, for 1990-2020.