Benin | ENACT Africa

Drug trafficking

West Africa’s creeping drug epidemic: soaring addiction, lagging response

This policy brief outlines regional drug use trends for 2023 based on data from 11 countries.

06 / 09 / 2024

Drug trafficking

Épidémie rampante de drogues en Afrique de l’Ouest : une addiction en plein essor, une réponse à la traîne

Cette note d’orientation détaille les tendances régionales de la consommation de drogues pour 2023.

06 / 09 / 2024

Organised crime in Africa

ENACT Live: Violent extremist groups and illicit economies in West Africa

What is the nexus between armed groups and illicit economies in southern Mali and northern Benin?

07 / 05 / 2024

Human trafficking

Hostage to violent extremism: kidnapping in northern Benin

This report identifies four types of kidnapping closely linked to conflict dynamics and violent extremist group expansion.

08 / 03 / 2024 by Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria & Aziz Mossi

Human trafficking

Otage de l’extrémisme violent : les enlèvements dans le nord du Bénin

Cette étude identifie quatre principaux types d’enlèvement étroitement liés aux dynamiques du conflit et à l’expansion des OEV.

08 / 03 / 2024 by Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria & Aziz Mossi

Organised crime in Africa

ENACT Live: Illicit economies – fueling armed groups’ expansion in the Sahel

This seminar explores the nexus between armed groups and illegal economic activities, focusing on Benin and Mali.

29 / 11 / 2023

Drug trafficking

Toward effective solutions: managing illicit drug supply and use in West Africa

This policy brief outlines key findings from a three-year epidemiological study by the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use.

22 / 11 / 2023

Fauna

Destroying donkeys: West Africa’s cruel trade to Asia

Poorly enforced regulations and bans result in the regional trafficking of donkey skin that is wiping out the local population.

14 / 12 / 2022 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Fauna

Massacre des ânes en Afrique de l’Ouest : un commerce cruel à destination de l’Asie

La mauvaise application des réglementations et des interdictions favorise un trafic régional de peaux d’ânes qui décime la population locale.

14 / 12 / 2022

Drug trafficking

Increased risk for Nigerians as drug smugglers rebrand Tramadol

With help from corrupt border and customs officials, transnational criminals get rich on India’s deadly opioid, Tafrodol.

27 / 01 / 2021 by Maurice Ogbonnaya

Drug trafficking

Chad’s illegal drug trade contributes to regional insecurity

Curbing tramadol and other trafficking networks requires transnational cooperation.

25 / 08 / 2020 by Remadji Hoinathy

Maritime

Data conundrum in the Gulf of Guinea

This Africa Day of the Seas and Oceans, it’s important to reflect on flaws in data collection that distort the reality of crime in the maritime domain.

25 / 07 / 2019 by Agnes Ebo’o and Dapo Olorunyomi