Mafia-style crimes
Youth gangs in Liberia: motives, structure and illicit economies

This paper focuses on youth gangs as a distinct criminal group involved in violent crimes in Monrovia’s urban centres.
Mining and extractives
Illegal mining digs up multiple problems in Ghana

The country’s government needs a multi-pronged approach to target the well-resourced sponsors and agents benefitting from illegal mining.
IFFs and money laundering
Lax regulatory systems make Nigeria vulnerable to Ponzi schemes

Ponzi schemers consistently outsmart regulation loopholes and poor enforcement, leaving investors in Nigeria vulnerable.
Flora
JNIM cuts a path into southern Mali

Unregulated timber logging economy is at the centre of extremists’ governance strategies and infiltration into the region.
Fauna
L’interdiction par l’UA de l’horrible commerce de peaux d’ânes

Garantir le respect de cette interdiction est crucial pour les communautés africaines où les ânes ont un rôle vital.
Fauna
Will the African Union’s new ban end the gruesome donkey skin trade?

The ban signals a pivotal shift in Africa’s approach to combating this cruel form of transnational organised crime.

IFFs and money laundering
Economic warfare in southern Mali: intersections between illicit economies and violent extremism

This report maps the impact and expansion of violent extremist groups in the country's Kayes and Koulikoro regions.
IFFs and money laundering
Flux financiers illicites issus du trafic de migrants au Sénégal et en Sierre Leone

Suivre à la trace les FFI du trafic illicite de migrants est complexe et difficile à l’échelle mondiale, et d’autant plus dans l’économie informelle de grande ampleur de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
IFFs and money laundering
Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling in Senegal and Sierra Leone

Tracing the IFFs of migrant smuggling is complex and challenging globally – even more so in West Africa’s large informal economy.
IFFs and money laundering
Illicit financial flows from migrant smuggling: trends and responses in West Africa

This report examines the IFFs dynamics arising from migrant smuggling in Senegal and Sierra Leone.
IFFs and money laundering
Flux financiers illicites issus du trafic de migrants : Tendances et réponses en Afrique de l'Ouest

Ce rapport traite donc de la dynamique des FFI découlant du trafic de migrants au Sénégal et en Sierra Leone.