[U.S.-Africa Bridge Building Project] If you caught the breaking news story about Russians flying gold out of Sudan, straight from the mines, you were likely shocked by the blatant theft. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, every year, nearly $90 billion of African resources are lost to the Global North in Illicit Financial Flows, or IFFs. It isn't just the Russians -- U.S.-based corporations and others throughout the Global North are also complicit in this theft.