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Organised crime in Africa
Keeping up with North West Nigeria’s cash-shifting bandits

Banditry persists in Nigeria despite military operations, necessitating a comprehensive approach integrating community resilience and regulatory measures.

29 / 08 / 2024 by Kingsley Madueke & Lawan Danjuma Adamu

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Cybercrime
Yahoo Boys scammers dabble in dark magic

Nigeria’s Yahoo Plus Plus scammers kidnap and kill for cybercrime success, leaving the state struggling for solutions.

22 / 08 / 2024 by Feyi Ogunade

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IFFs and money laundering
Lax regulatory systems make Nigeria vulnerable to Ponzi schemes

Ponzi schemers consistently outsmart regulation loopholes and poor enforcement, leaving investors in Nigeria vulnerable.

31 / 07 / 2024 by Ndubuisi Christian Ani

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Organised crime in Africa
Self-defence groups as a response to crime and conflict in West Africa

This report outlines lessons learned from cross-continental experiences to build a more effective framework to mitigate the risks and harness the benefits of these groups.

25 / 01 / 2024 by Kingsley Madueke, Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria, Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo & Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

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Organised crime in Africa
Groupes d’autodéfense en réponse à la criminalité et aux conflits en Afrique de l’Ouest

Ce rapport présente les leçons à tirer des expériences intercontinentales en vue de mettre en place un cadre plus efficace pour atténuer les risques et exploiter les avantages des groupes d’autodéfense.

25 / 01 / 2024 by Kingsley Madueke, Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria, Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo & Romain Le Cour Grandmaison

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Mining and extractives
L’exploitation minière illégale par des acteurs chinois complexifie la criminalité au Nigeria

Dans un pays confronté à diverses formes de criminalité, la présence de délinquants étrangers dans le secteur extractif pose un défi majeur.

13 / 12 / 2023 by Oluwole Ojewale & Freedom Onuoha

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Mining and extractives
Illegal mining by Chinese actors complicates Nigeria’s criminal landscape

In a country dealing with diverse forms of criminality, foreign criminals in the extractive sector present a serious challenge.

13 / 12 / 2023 by Oluwole Ojewale & Freedom Onuoha

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Arms trafficking
Small arms trafficking in the Sahel: the role of tri-border towns

This report examines the key demand factors, actors and markets at the core of the illicit proliferation of SALW in the Sahel.

11 / 12 / 2023 by Nelson Alusala

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Arms trafficking
Trafic d’armes légères au Sahel : le rôle des villes trifrontalières

Ce rapport examine les principaux facteurs de demande ainsi que les acteurs et les marchés clés qui sont au coeur de la prolifération illicite des ALPC dans les pays du Sahel.

11 / 12 / 2023 by Nelson Alusala

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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

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Arms trafficking
Women increasingly turn to bandit-linked arms trafficking in Nigeria

Bandits are enlisting women for their criminal activities by copying a strategy perfected by Boko Haram in Nigeria’s north-east.

30 / 08 / 2023

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Arms trafficking
Silencing the guns in cities: urbanisation and arms trafficking in Bamako and Lagos

This study explores the complex relationships between urbanisation and transnational organised crime.

27 / 07 / 2023 by Oluwole Ojewale

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