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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.

Cross-border smuggling
Cattle rustling pushes Central African communities to the brink

Organised criminal networks, terrorists and local militias are increasingly targeting the livestock of pastoralists and farmers along the borders of Chad and Cameroon.

Mafia-style crimes
ENACT Live: The shadow economy – countering extortion in South Africa

Local solutions informed by international experience are urgently needed to curb the growing threat of extortion.

Mafia-style crimes
Construction mafia weakens the foundations of South Africa’s economy

Fuelled by political corruption, extortion networks are undermining the country’s construction industry.

Mafia-style crimes
Extortionists have South Africa’s economies down the barrel of a gun

Government, businesses and communities need to work together to get South Africa’s economies out of the grip of criminals.

Organised crime in Africa
Concentrations of violence: a case study of Grassy Park, Cape Town

This paper provides insight and practical recommendations for policymakers and civil society in Cape Town and the Western Cape.

Mafia-style crimes
Muted violence in Kenya’s 2022 elections masked seething dissent

While better security and legislation may have resulted in more peaceful polls – subsequent election-related violence undermines democracy.

Drug trafficking
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.

Drug trafficking
Morocco: a critical link in the Latin America-Europe cocaine chain

The Mocro Maffia cartel is increasingly becoming a serious threat to countries in Europe and North Africa.

Mafia-style crimes
Tracking the trajectory of targeted killings in South Africa

Data shows worrying intersections between political, personal, taxi-related and organised crime killings.

Mafia-style crimes
Mozambique’s quiet assassination epidemic

The surface of life in Mozambique conceals violent undercurrents that threaten development and stability alike.

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