Cross Border Smuggling | ENACT Africa

Flora

Protecting South Africa’s precious succulents from illegal traders

New research shows that strides have been made, but more support and private-public partnerships are needed.

29 / 11 / 2023 by Carina Bruwer

Drug trafficking

Drug trafficking and use in West Africa: statistics and trends

What are the latest estimates of drug abuse, supply and trafficking in the region?

27 / 11 / 2023

Cross-border smuggling

Fools for gold grifters in Kenya

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

Arms trafficking

ENACT Live: Drivers and impact of arms trafficking in West Africa

Conflict prevention and management strategies in the region must address arms trafficking.

19 / 10 / 2023

Drug trafficking

Illicit trafficking of natural psychotropics from Gabon: special focus on Iboga

This report explores the criminal networks involved in illicit iboga harvesting and trafficking to better inform law enforcement.

17 / 10 / 2023

Human trafficking

Youth lured by the false promise of well-paid jobs

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

Maritime

The Gambia makes waves by tackling maritime drug trafficking

Will The Gambia’s memorandum of understanding with SEACOP help to curb cocaine trafficking in the country?

15 / 09 / 2023 by Feyi Ogunade

Human smuggling

Politics trumps migrant lives in the Mediterranean

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

Fauna

Demand for Nile perch swim bladders drives illegal fishing

Greater uniformity in regulations regionally and nationally could disrupt the exploitation of this valuable fish.

14 / 08 / 2023 by Willis Okumu

Fauna

Ecosystems at risk as West Africa’s sea turtles decline

West Africa’s governments must protect this important species by partnering with NGOs working on their conservation.

11 / 08 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Flora

CAR conflict drives illegal logging and timber trafficking

International support is needed to sanction businesses complicit in timber trafficking from the Central African Republic.

25 / 07 / 2023 by Oluwole Ojewale

Cross-border smuggling

Countering Libya’s illicit economies through targeted sanctions

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