Crime Types

PAA research covers the full spectrum of organised crime types. Please select a crime type below to access our evidence-based research.

Organised crime types Trade and counterfeit goods Cross-border smuggling Mafia-style crimes Fauna Mining and extractives Maritime Emerging crimes Human trafficking Human smuggling Drug trafficking Cybercrime Flora IFFs and money laundering Arms trafficking
Latest
WomENACTion analytical bootcamp

More than 50 policewomen met for five days of sharing and learning in Mombasa, Kenya.
Bootcamp analytique WomENACTion

Plus de 50 policières africaines se sont réunies pour cinq jours de partage et d'appresntissage à Mombasa, au Kenya.
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
Armed groups and illicit economies in Nigeria

This paper explores the changing dynamics of transnational organised crime in Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara mining communities.