Human Smuggling

The price of passage: inside Ghana’s migrant smuggling underworld

The experiences of four human smugglers highlight the motivations and methods of smuggling networks.

07 / 04 / 2025 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

Human smuggling

Repatriation does little to deter Ethiopian migrants

Despite harsh conditions, many repeatedly journey illegally to Saudi Arabia in search of a better life.

30 / 08 / 2023 by Tadesse Simie Metekia

Human smuggling

Les meurtres et les rapatriements ne dissuadent pas les migrants éthiopiens

Malgré les dangers, l’Arabie saoudite reste une destination phare pour les migrants clandestins en quête d’une vie meilleure.

30 / 08 / 2023 by Tadesse Simie Metekia

IFFs and money laundering

Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: trends and responses in West Africa

This report examines the IFFs dynamics arising from migrant smuggling in Senegal and Sierra Leone.

24 / 07 / 2023 by Ndubuisi Christian Ani & Jennifer Shahid

IFFs and money laundering

Flux financiers illicites issus du trafic de migrants : Tendances et réponses en Afrique de l'Ouest

Ce rapport traite donc de la dynamique des FFI découlant du trafic de migrants au Sénégal et en Sierra Leone.

24 / 07 / 2023 by Ndubuisi Christian Ani & Jennifer Shahid

IFFs and money laundering

Flux financiers illicites issus du trafic de migrants au Sénégal et en Sierre Leone

Suivre à la trace les FFI du trafic illicite de migrants est complexe et difficile à l’échelle mondiale, et d’autant plus dans l’économie informelle de grande ampleur de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.

24 / 07 / 2023 by Ndubuisi Christian Ani & Jennifer Shahid

IFFs and money laundering

Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling in Senegal and Sierra Leone

Tracing the IFFs of migrant smuggling is complex and challenging globally – even more so in West Africa’s large informal economy.

24 / 07 / 2023 by Ndubuisi Christian Ani & Jennifer Shahid

Human smuggling

Young African footballers: going for gold but smuggled for cash

Many sub-Saharan soccer players are stranded in North Africa while on their way to Europe, where they believe they’ll make the big teams.

18 / 11 / 2022 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Human smuggling

Viser l’or : les jeunes footballeurs africains exploités par les passeurs

Des joueurs espérant rejoindre l’Europe sont bloqués en Afrique du Nord, après que de faux agents leur ont promis des contrats avec de grands clubs.

18 / 11 / 2022 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Human trafficking

Combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Ethiopia more effectively

Enhancing awareness of irregular migration is a key ingredient to countering human trafficking and smuggling.

26 / 08 / 2021 by Tadesse Simei Metekia

Human smuggling

Misinformation: the false lure fueling Cote d’Ivoire’s illegal migration

Without criminalising human smuggling, enhanced awareness raising cannot deter illegal migration from Cote d’Ivoire.

10 / 02 / 2021 by Deo Gumba