Trade And Counterfeit Goods

Cross-border smuggling

Sudan’s war drives illicit car trade into Chad

Porous borders and limited law enforcement enable this criminal economy in border regions between the two countries.

29 / 09 / 2025 by Oluwole Ojewale

Trade and counterfeit goods

Cellphones for a steal: Kenyans robbed to supply East Africa

Syndicates driven by the high demand for cheap handsets are robbing Kenyans to supply the region with stolen mobiles.

30 / 05 / 2024 by Willis Okumu & Halkano Wario

Trade and counterfeit goods

Hazardous waste in Ghana: an international issue

The country's illegal hazardous waste trade is facilitated by corruption, creating many opportunities for money laundering and tax fraud.

07 / 03 / 2024 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Trade and counterfeit goods

Comment freiner le commerce illégal de tabac en Afrique du Nord ?

Les pays doivent intensifier leur coopération sécuritaire pour endiguer le trafic de cigarettes vers la Libye et la Tunisie.

14 / 12 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Trade and counterfeit goods

One man’s poison is another man’s fortune in Ghana

The country plays a central role in the rising toxic waste trade – putting both its economy and people at risk.

14 / 12 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane & Solomon Okai

Trade and counterfeit goods

Au Ghana, le poison des uns fait la fortune des autres

Le pays joue un rôle central dans le commerce de déchets toxiques, une activité en plein essor qui met en péril son économie et sa population.

14 / 12 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane & Solomon Okai

Trade and counterfeit goods

Scrap metal smuggling endangers critical infrastructure in East Africa

Despite a ban on exports, collusion between actors in the scrap metal industry and demand in Tanzania and Uganda spur the illicit trade.

01 / 12 / 2023 by Willis Okumu

Drug trafficking

Guinea’s ruling junta comes down hard on illicit medicine trade

This crackdown is unlikely to succeed if accompanying measures are not taken.

30 / 03 / 2023 by Mouhamadou Kane

Drug trafficking

Guinée : la junte durcit le ton face aux médicaments illicites

Toutefois, est-ce que les résultats positifs dans la lutte contre ce trafic seront durables, y compris après le retour d'un gouvernement civil ?

30 / 03 / 2023 by Mouhamadou Kane

Trade and counterfeit goods

What will it take to stub out North Africa’s illegal tobacco trade?

Closer security cooperation is needed between countries to stem cigarette trafficking into Libya and Tunisia.

14 / 12 / 2022 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Trade and counterfeit goods

Ancient artefacts: unseen collateral damage of the war in Ethiopia

Combined efforts are needed to investigate and recover national treasures that have been looted and trafficked from Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden northern region.

29 / 11 / 2022 by Tadesse Simie Metekia

Cross-border smuggling

North Africa: axis for global cigarette trafficking

The region is ideally located as a site for the transit, sale and consumption of trafficked tobacco.

23 / 11 / 2022