Human Trafficking | ENACT Africa

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 trafficking

Nigeria’s schoolchildren once again the target of mass abductions

Shifting drivers of mass abductions leave the country’s government searching for effective responses.

11 / 02 / 2025 by Feyi Ogunade

Human trafficking

Cultural practices and state weaknesses drive South Sudan-Ethiopia abductions

Women and children are captured during cattle raids on the border and forced into a lifetime of servitude.

10 / 10 / 2024 by Willis Okumu

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

Human trafficking

Identifying victims key to breaking up SA's sex trafficking rings

Unclear distinction between sex work and trafficking in persons is hindering efforts to apprehend offenders and secure justice for survivors.

26 / 04 / 2024 by Carina Bruwer

Human trafficking

Hostage to violent extremism: kidnapping in northern Benin

This report identifies four types of kidnapping closely linked to conflict dynamics and violent extremist group expansion.

08 / 03 / 2024 by Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria & Aziz Mossi

Human trafficking

Otage de l’extrémisme violent : les enlèvements dans le nord du Bénin

Cette étude identifie quatre principaux types d’enlèvement étroitement liés aux dynamiques du conflit et à l’expansion des OEV.

08 / 03 / 2024 by Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria & Aziz Mossi

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.

12 / 02 / 2024

Human trafficking

Des jeunes victimes d'arnaque à l'emploi bien rémunéré

Des demandeurs d'emploi instruits sont la proie d'escroqueries en ligne et de trafic humains d'Africains de l'Est vers l'Asie du Sud-Est.

12 / 02 / 2024

Human trafficking

Kidneys for a living: inside Western Kenya’s illicit organ trade

Poverty is driving young men to sell their kidneys to organ harvesting syndicates in Kenya.

10 / 01 / 2024 by Willis Okumu

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

Human trafficking

Labour-trafficking in ASGM: assessing risks in the Sahara-Sahel goldfields

This report assesses risks of exploitation and labour trafficking in gold-mining areas in northern Niger and northern Mali.

21 / 06 / 2023 by Alice Fereday

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