ENACT Observer

ENACT publishes original analysis related to transnational organised crime in Africa every week. For queries about our republishing policy, email us.

...
Flora
Southern Africa conservationists battle evolving illegal plant trade

Stakeholders are exploring innovative ways to safeguard the region’s precious plants from illegal trade.

12 / 11 / 2024 by Carina Bruwer

...
Mining and extractives
Illegal mining digs up multiple problems in Ghana

The country’s government needs a multi-pronged approach to target the well-resourced sponsors and agents benefitting from illegal mining.

31 / 10 / 2024 by Ndubuisi Christian Ani

...
Fauna
Fighting the invisible fleet: Sierra Leone’s battle against IUU fishing

Foreign illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing continues to devastate the country’s once sustainable fisheries industry.

11 / 10 / 2024 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

...
Drug trafficking
To ban or to regulate muguka in Kenya?

Kenya needs in-depth empirical research to better regulate muguka and miraa drug consumption amid calls for restrictions.

24 / 09 / 2024 by Halkano Wario & Nicodemus Minde

...
Fauna
Felling giants: trophy hunters are wiping out Kenya-Tanzania super tuskers

Cross-border coordination is needed to protect the elephants that traverse the Amboseli and Enduimet ecosystems.

23 / 09 / 2024 by Willis Okumu & Valtino Omolo

...
Mafia-style crimes
Construction mafia weakens the foundations of South Africa’s economy

Fuelled by political corruption, extortion networks are undermining the country’s construction industry.

18 / 09 / 2024 by Terence Corrigan

...
Mafia-style crimes
Extortionists have South Africa’s economies down the barrel of a gun

Government, businesses and communities need to work together to get South Africa’s economies out of the grip of criminals.

10 / 09 / 2024 by Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane

More +

EU Flag
ENACT is funded by the European Union
ISS Donors
Interpol
Global
ENACT is implemented by the Institute for Security Studies in partnership with
INTERPOL and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.