Flora

How is Southern Africa dealing with trafficking in plants and reptiles?

This event explores responses to prevent and combat the growing illegal trade in wildlife.

Organised crime in Africa

Lake Tanganyika: tackling organised crime in inland waterways

Illicit economies in the Lake Tanganyika basin are fuelled by poor regional coordination against transnational organised crime.

Fauna

Lake Victoria: a convergence point for environmental crimes

Criminals target loopholes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania’s security force operations to exploit the lake’s ecosystem for profit.

Organised crime in Africa

Illicit trade on inland waterways: the case of Lake Tanganyika

This paper examines illicit trade on Lake Tanganyika, where weak governance and regional instability enable smuggling, trafficking and illegal fishing.

05 / 12 / 2025 by Willis Okumu, Carina Bruwer, Valtino Omolo & Mugah Michael Sitawa