Transnational organised crime in Africa

This guide describes ENACT (Enhancing Africa’s capacity to respond more effectively to transnational organised crime), a three-year European Union-funded programme implemented by the Institute for Security Studies, INTERPOL, and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime. The project aims to mitigate the impact of transnational organised crime (TOC) on Africa's governance, security, and development through evidence-based analysis, capacity building for policymakers and law enforcement, and the creation of regional monitoring hubs.

• Transnational organised crime (TOC) in Africa has seen significant financial growth, with the World Bank estimating revenue at $1.3 trillion in 2009, which increased to $3.3 trillion by 2011, representing a 50% annual growth rate.
• The ENACT programme establishes five Regional Organised Crime Observatories (ROCOs) to serve as focal points for outreach, monitor regional priorities, and provide evidence-based research to policymakers. These are located in Pretoria (Southern Africa), Abidjan (West Africa), Yaoundé (Central Africa), Tunis (North Africa, starting 2018), and either Addis Ababa or Nairobi (East Africa).
• ENACT is developing an Organised Crime in Africa Vulnerability Assessment Tool, scheduled for first publication at the end of 2018. This tool uses a model with three sub-indices to determine a state's vulnerability: the presence and scale of the threat (covering 12 crime types), the risk to organised crime, and the state's capacity and political will to respond.
• Due to a lack of official national crime statistics in Africa, ENACT's TOC incident monitoring project uses news media as an alternative data source to systematically record organised crime incidents, releasing analysis reports every six months.
• INTERPOL is implementing a law-enforcement intelligence model to support African police through 18 criminal intelligence analysis training courses and the establishment of analytical units in four pilot countries: Malawi, Niger, Uganda, and Congo Brazzaville.
• The ENACT project includes a component to support independent investigative journalism by creating a dedicated handbook and training course, delivering at least two continental trainings, and building a continental network of journalists.

APA

Institute for Security Studies (2017). Transnational organised crime in Africa. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/2017-07-26-enact-brochure.pdf

Chicago

Institute for Security Studies. Transnational organised crime in Africa. 2017. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/2017-07-26-enact-brochure.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{instituteforsecuritystudies2017transnational, author = {{Institute for Security Studies}}, title = {{Transnational organised crime in Africa}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2017}, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/2017-07-26-enact-brochure.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }