This paper considers the efficacy of mutual legal assistance and extradition in African states two decades after the advent of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the various regional instruments adopted at regional level in Africa to complement the Convention. It proposes criteria by which to assess the utilisation and effectiveness of mutual legal assistance and extradition in Africa. Anticipating that an immediate assessment will not produce an impressive outcome, the paper suggests some remedial frameworks.
About the author
Charles Goredema has amassed extensive experience in researching and analysing transnational organised crime since 2000. He has worked with, and in support of, various public institutions and practitioners in developing strategies and mechanisms to curb, and to track and recover the proceeds of organised crime. Over the past 20 years, Charles has published books, articles and papers on organised crime, money laundering and illicit financial flows.
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