Fauna

Could a revised Mifugo Protocol end cattle rustling in East Africa?

In its new form, the protocol has what it takes to address cattle rustling at the regional, national and community levels.

Drug trafficking

Permitting the regional khat trade could stop its smuggling

Regulating the khat trade would disrupt the illegal drug economy and the regional criminal market.

Human smuggling

Pandemic restrictions in the Horn won’t stop human smuggling

COVID-19 measures are disrupting the human smuggling networks, but are temporary at best.

Cross-border smuggling

Sudan puts the brakes on cross-border vehicle smuggling

Will Sudan’s border closures counter vehicle smuggling and other forms of organised crime?

18 / 05 / 2020 by Mohamed Daghar and Jihane Ben Yahia

Human smuggling

Kenya now a key transit point for south-bound migrants

Smugglers are increasingly using this East African country en route to South Africa.

Arms trafficking

Sudan adopts anti-crime measures with regional repercussions

Sudan closed its Eritrean border and deployed troops in response to arms, drug and human trafficking.

08 / 02 / 2018 by Deo Gumba