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World War 3 Illustrated (195 words)
Welcome to the website of World War 3 Illustrated, a semiannual political comix magazine.
Since 1980, we have made it our mission to shine a little reality on the fantasy world of the American kleptocracy.
Slideshows of comics by FLY, MAC McGILL., CHRISTOPHER CARDINALE, REBECCA MIDGAl, SETH TOBOCMAN and PETER KUPER
, "Combating Kleptocracy ", eJournal USA, December 2006 (559 words)
Kleptocracy is a development issue, because high-level corruption undermines economic development and renders important issues, such as the fight against poverty, ineffective.
In recent years, the United States and its international partners have been developing new ways to deny corrupt officials access to the wealth they have accumulated through corrupt activities, and they have been employing new ways to target their assets.
Two crucial aspects of the fight against kleptocracy are the denial of safe haven to corrupt officials and recovery and proper dispersion of the proceeds of corrupt acts.
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