ENACT Live: Lake Victoria – a convergence point for environmental crimes

Criminals target loopholes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania’s security force operations to exploit the lake’s ecosystem for profit.

14 / 08 / 2024

Organised crime in Africa

ENACT Live: Is Africa making the most of MLA and extradition to combat organised crime?

New research shows how better cooperation between governments could tighten the net around transnational organised criminal markets and actors.

Arms trafficking

ENACT Live: Side event, 33rd Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice – Illegal firearms trade within Africa

New research in East, West and Central Africa outlines emerging practices in response to arms trafficking.

Organised crime in Africa

ENACT Live: Violent extremist groups and illicit economies in West Africa

What is the nexus between armed groups and illicit economies in southern Mali and northern Benin?

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.

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.

Drug trafficking

ENACT Live: Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event – evolving drug trends in Central and West Africa

New research on shifting drug trafficking patterns will be discussed on the margins of the commission’s 67th session.

Flora

ENACT Live: Growing, growing, gone – safeguarding SA’s illegally traded succulents

International demand for succulents is driving rampant harvesting and trade, and some species now face extinction.