ENACT Observer

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

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Cross-border smuggling
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

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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

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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

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Fauna
L'Afrique du Sud peut-elle maitriser le trafic de pangolins ?

Des signes inquiétants montrent que le commerce illégal de pangolins est de plus en plus organisé et implique des professionnels et des fonctionnaires.

30 / 10 / 2023 by Carina Bruwer

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Fauna
Pangolins for profit: from seizure, to safety, to survival

ENACT considers the current status of the illegal pangolin trade and the efforts to safeguard the species in South Africa

30 / 10 / 2023 by Carina Bruwer

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Arms trafficking
Le commerce des armes à feu artisanales au Ghana doit être régularisé

Les armes artisanales illégales représentent une menace qui pourrait être jugulée par la légalisation de leur fabrication et le contrôle de leur commerce.

25 / 10 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane & Solomon Okai

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Arms trafficking
Ghana’s artisanal arms market should be regulated

Creating a controlled legal market for artisanal arms manufacturing could reduce the growing domestic and regional threat.

25 / 10 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane and Solomon Okai

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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

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