Tag: ENACT
Democracy builds resilience against organised crime – GITOC
Resilience against organised crime is created by democracy and its institutions, whilst armed conflict feeds greater levels of criminality in Africa, the newly-released ENACT...
ISS: Fake COVID-19 vaccines seized in SA just the start for...
The lucrative market is the latest in a burgeoning counterfeit medicines trade run by organised crime networks.
New posters have popped up on the streets...
ISS: The white pipe keeps burning
Mandrax isn’t as profitable as heroin or meth but remains a lucrative trade for South African organised crime networks.
On 14 September 2020, South Africa’s...
ISS: Heroin is now a major urban development challenge in Africa
The rapid growth in the trade and consumption of heroin is having a direct and negative effect on urban politics and development in Africa....
Human trafficking in Kenya
Migrant workers lured by jobs in the Middle East are trafficked into forced labour and modern-day slavery by organised criminal networks.
Illicit human movement networks...
Organised crime and poor policy behind Africa’s looming drugs crisis
Africa faces a substantial increase in illegal drug use fuelled by organised crime and ineffective policy. In the next 30 years, sub-Saharan Africa will...
Mechanism on the way to fight transnational; crime in central and...
A ground-breaking agreement adopted by police chiefs from Central and West Africa in Brazzaville will boost efforts to fight transnational threats across...
Illicit arms and organised crime threaten Africa’s development
Transnational organised crime has become a global risk to peace and security, but the focus tends to be on priorities for the...
Horns, guns and drugs: the real cost of wildlife crime
The number of poaching incidents has tripled in Southern Africa over the past seven years endangering lives, threatening communities and undermining local...