This study examines the risks of illicit financial flows {IFFs) in the supply chain of Ghana’s gold mining sub-sector. The objective of the study is to map the supply chain issues that limit domestic resource mobilization in the mining sub-sector of Ghana. It specifically uncovers the evident strands of exploitation and the hidden knots and tangles that threaten the integrity and future prosperity of the gold mining industry.
Furthermore, it highlights how the nation’s gold resources could be harnessed for sustainable development and economic integrity. The study was conducted at a community level {micro-level). Primary data on IFFs risk{s), their level of prevalence and institutions involved in the mining or extraction, processing, transportation and marketing and sales, were collected through field visits to the selected mining communities; Talensi, Kenyasi and Obuasi aimed at evaluating the IFFs’ risks along the supply chain of gold mining in their communities.
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