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Sudan, Chad and Libya knit together as illicit markets enable conflict economy

Sudan’s internal conflict has fuelled a new conflict economy in its northwest, amplifying regional illicit economies.

17 / 12 / 2024 by Matt Herbert

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West Africa’s creeping drug epidemic: soaring addiction, lagging response

This policy brief outlines regional drug use trends for 2023 based on data from 11 countries.

06 / 09 / 2024

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Épidémie rampante de drogues en Afrique de l’Ouest : une addiction en plein essor, une réponse à la traîne

Cette note d’orientation détaille les tendances régionales de la consommation de drogues pour 2023.

06 / 09 / 2024

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Troubled transitions and organised crime in Ethiopia and Tunisia

This paper uses two case studies to demonstrate the effects of failing transitions and democratic backsliding on rising transnational organised crime.

24 / 07 / 2024 by Tadesse Simie Metekia & Matt Herbert

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Firearms trafficking in Central and Western Africa

This report assesses the scope of firearms trafficking in these regions and provides insights into enhancing the fight against organised crime.

03 / 07 / 2024

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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

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Poverty and COVID-19 give root to pufa in Morocco

The country faces a new threat that endangers the health of the youth and the poor: the pufa drug.

13 / 12 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

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La pauvreté et le COVID-19 ont ouvert la porte à la poufa au Maroc

Le pays est confronté à une nouvelle drogue qui menace la santé des jeunes et des plus pauvres : la poufa.

13 / 12 / 2023 by Abdelkader Abderrahmane

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Politics trumps migrant lives in the Mediterranean

Migrant drownings show European states’ failure to meet international legal obligations, including non-refoulement and saving those in distress at sea.

06 / 09 / 2023 by Carina Bruwer

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Countering Libya’s illicit economies through targeted sanctions

Targeted sanctions have impacted and shaped Libya’s illicit economies but not curtailed them. To improve effect, a rethink is needed.

14 / 07 / 2023 by Matt Herbert

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Les sanctions ne suffisent pas à juguler l’économie illicite en Libye

Elles ont cependant contraint les réseaux criminels à se montrer plus discrets et à s’adapter.

14 / 07 / 2023 by Matt Herbert

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La Mocro Maffia marocaine menace l’Europe et l’Afrique du Nord

Le Maroc, la Belgique et les Pays-Bas sont des pays pivots dans la chaîne de cocaïne entre l’Amérique latine et l’Europe.

27 / 01 / 2023 by ENACT

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