New research shows that strides have been made, but more support and private-public partnerships are needed.
29 / 11 / 2023 by Carina Bruwer
What are the latest estimates of drug abuse, supply and trafficking in the region?
27 / 11 / 2023
Alongside smuggling, gold scamming is a prolific illicit market in Kenya, and halting it needs both government and civil society action.
21 / 11 / 2023 by Michael McLaggan
Conflict prevention and management strategies in the region must address arms trafficking.
19 / 10 / 2023
This report explores the criminal networks involved in illicit iboga harvesting and trafficking to better inform law enforcement.
17 / 10 / 2023
Educated but unemployed job seekers fall prey to online scams, driving the trafficking of East Africans to Southeast Asia.
02 / 10 / 2023 by Willis Okumu
Will The Gambia’s memorandum of understanding with SEACOP help to curb cocaine trafficking in the country?
15 / 09 / 2023 by Feyi Ogunade
Migrant drownings show European states’ failure to meet international legal obligations, including non-refoulement and saving those in distress at sea.
06 / 09 / 2023 by Carina Bruwer
Greater uniformity in regulations regionally and nationally could disrupt the exploitation of this valuable fish.
14 / 08 / 2023 by Willis Okumu
West Africa’s governments must protect this important species by partnering with NGOs working on their conservation.
11 / 08 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane
International support is needed to sanction businesses complicit in timber trafficking from the Central African Republic.
25 / 07 / 2023 by Oluwole Ojewale
Targeted sanctions have impacted and shaped Libya’s illicit economies but not curtailed them. To improve effect, a rethink is needed.
14 / 07 / 2023 by Matt Herbert
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