Estimates by China's central bank that up to 18,000 corrupt officials have fled overseas with over $120 billion in stolen money in the last few years are undoubtedly well short of the truth. The 68-page report by the People's Bank of China, dated 2008 and marked "confidential," was mistakenly posted on the bank's website a week ago and has since been removed. But the analysis which cites specific examples of how corrupt officials and Communist party members have, since the mid 1990s channelled their illgotten gains into countries like Canada, the United States and Australia in return for resident status or ... (full story)