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Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy brings you stories and investigations based on the extensive research networks at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. We'll be looking at corruption, illicit financial flows, gangs, the role of foreign corporations, the political econ...
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Underworlds with Mark Shaw is returning for another season.
Mark sits down with authors to discuss their investigations into the murky world of...
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Welcome to Underworlds with Mark Shaw.
Organized Crime is everywhere, hidden in plain sight. The stories from this world have been mythologised...
Organized Crime Risk in South Africa
Organized crime in South Africa threatens the economy, its people and the democratic institutions themselves.
Every day we see a number of diff...
The Gangs of Grassy Park
The Cape Flats in South Africa is made up of 20 suburbs make up the Cape Flats; populated predominantly by black and coloured communities, a term used...
Political Assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
In this episode Lindy delves into the murky world of political assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Where, according to the GI-TOC's assassi...
Cattle Rustling in Mali
In this episode Lindy explores the world of cattle rustling in Mali, an act that has existed for centuries. But cattle rustling has evolved into a hig...
Drugs and Development Hub Regional Conversation
The Drugs and Development Hub is an initiative that brings together researchers, academics, policymakers and people affected by drug economies to disc...
The "Young Tycoon" and Fake Gold Scams in East Africa
In this episode, Lindy explores the case of Lual Lawrence Malong Yor, a South Sudanese businessman with a compulsion for flamboyant self promotion. Bu...
Illicit Markets and Insurgency in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
The attack on Palma last year made international headlines but for five years, Mozambique has been the site of a violent insurgency. The armed jihadis...
Abalone: The Trafficked South African Sea Snail
Abalone is a fairly innocuous little creature that fits in the palm of your hand. It's a type of sea snail found off the coast of South Africa, and ab...
Africa Index on Organized Crime
At the end of November 2021, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime alongside the International Institute for Strategic Studies r...
Cheetahs
The Cheetah – the fastest land animal in the world. This big cat once ranged across most of Africa and into Asia – today there are thought to be only...
The Kuluna Gangs of Kinshasa
"Joining Kuluna gangs is an expression of anger, injustice and frustration - to enact revenge on society"
Kinshasa, a megacity in Central Africa...
How to Silence the Guns: Southern Africa’s illegal firearms markets
For decades the illegal firearms market in the Southern African counties was driven by regional conflicts, many of those firearms likely ended up in t...
Fishy Business
This is a story of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, complex corporate structures, human trafficking, arms smuggling, corruption and...
The Death of Déby
On the 20th April 2021, Idriss Déby Itno, the President of Chad for three decades died from wounds he reportedly suffered on the frontline against reb...
Introducing: Too Many Enemies
We would like to introduce the Africa and the Global Illicit Economy audience to a new podcast series that has been launched by the Global Initiative...
Cabo Delgado: Africa’s Forgotten Insurgency
On March 24th 2021, Islamist insurgents carried out an attack on the coastal town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. The da...
The Evolution of Meth Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa
With the release of the new report: A Synthetic Age: The Evolution of Methamphetamine Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa - How do GI analysts rese...
The Future of Libya Under Dabaiba
Who is Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba (Dbeibah), Libya’s transitional prime minister?
In this episode, we discuss political alliances, crime governance...
Meth and Guns in South Africa, and Crime at Nairobi’s Dandora Dumpsite
In South Africa, methamphetamine usage and the networks that support them are at all all-time high. And the assassination of a South African police de...
Tunisia: Political Unrest and the Illicit Economy
A decade after the 2011 revolution that led to the end of long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s rule, unrest continues in Tunisia. In January c...
Violence in Nelson Mandela Bay, Ernie Solomon’s Assassination and Illicit Mining in Zimbabwe
The end of 2020 gave way to monumental shifts in the landscape of illicit crime in Southern Africa. This week we discuss how violence in Nelson Mandel...
Shifting dynamics: Migration Trends Across the Mediterranean
Since the 2015 migrant crisis, restrictive measures, tougher policy interventions, and heightened securitization have become the hallmarks of border c...
Political Elites and Gangs in Kenya
Recent research from the GI in “The Politics of Crime: Kenya’s Gang Phenomenon” uncovers the collusion between political elites and gangs in Kenya. Th...
Changing Trafficking Dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel
This week we examine the effect that punitive policy measures and stricter border security enacted by North African nations in the past 5 years have h...
Afghan Meth and Illicit Gold Mining
This week we discuss how illicit heroin shipments discovered in East and Southern Africa have links to growing possible links to Afghan methamphetamin...
Security Sector Reform and Organized Crime in Libya
This week, we’re in Libya where we’ll dive into the challenges of conducting security sector reform in an environment where organized crime is embedde...
Police Assassinations in South Africa & Cheetah Smuggling in Somaliland
In this week’s episode we discuss the recent assisnation of Lieutenant-Colonel Charl Kinnear, a top-detective with the Western Cape Anti-Gang unit and...
Three Men, a Boat and US Sanctions
On the 6th August 2020, the United States imposed sanctions on three men and a boat. The men were Libyan nationals, and the boat an asset of a Maltese...
How have Gangs in South Africa and Kenya used COVID 19 to recruit children?
While international media reported a decrease in gang activity during COVID19 lockdowns in Kenya and South Africa, GI research has uncovered that they...
Corruption and a coup in Mali
In this week’s episode of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy, we uncover how unchecked corruption and illicit industries fuelled the discontent tha...
Arms Trafficking, Kidnappings and Donkey Skins
In this week’s episode of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy, we take a look at current trends in organised crime in East and Southern Africa --- F...
Social Media and Irregular Migration from Maghreb
In this episode we explore push factors for surging levels of migration from the Maghreb in early 2020, and how Moroccan social media star, who goes b...
Emerging Illicit Industries in the Wake of COVID-19
This episode examines how bans and increased regulation in above ground industries under the stated intent of “stopping the spread of COVID-19” have l...
Licit Economy Smuggling in the Maghreb and Sahel
In this episode of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy we explore how licit economy smuggling has become the backbone of communities across the Magh...
Unintended Consequences: Charcoal, Wine and Dhows
In this episode of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy we explore how developments in East and Southern Africa’s economy can lead to unintended cons...
Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking & COVID-19 in North Africa & the Sahel
We start in North Africa and the Sahel where we will give you a comprehensive overview of some of the major illicit markets in the region, before in f...