The US military offensive on Christmas Day in Nigeria – described by President Donald Trump as ‘a powerful and ​deadly strike ‌against ISIS Terrorist Scum’ – may ultimately achieve the opposite of its...

GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...

The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.

Peter Krykant became a public figure in 2020 after setting up an unofficial safer drug consumption facility in a minivan.

Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza.

Starlink satellite internet technology is a growing influence in conflict dynamics in the Sahel. Violent extremist groups, including Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Jama’at Nasr al-Isla...

European drug markets are undergoing considerable changes, triggered by the confluence of several major trends in supply and demand. These include an oversupply of cocaine, a growing crack epidemic, s...

Malgré une répression renforcée dans les grands ports européens, la cocaïne continue d’inonder le marché. Les trafiquants s’adaptent : au lieu d’abandonner, ils déplacent leurs routes vers des ports s...

Investors’ search for a safe haven means illegal mining is more lucrative than ever

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On 11 February 2025, Italian police carried out a major operation in Palermo, Sicily, targeting key mafia districts. With 1 200 officers deployed in the city and surrounding areas, and aerial surveill...

While Latin America has featured prominently in the new US administration’s foreign policy, the suspension of vital aid and censoring of official discussion on climate change are directly at odds with...

This report looks to evaluate the effects of drug market enforcement, and broader external disruptions, through case studies (Sky ECC in the Netherlands, criminal gangs in Ireland, criminal gangs in Ca...

Since 2022, a synthetic drug known as ‘kush’, has killed likely thousands of people in West Africa. Kush emerged in Sierra Leone, but quickly spread across countries in the subregion, including Liberi...

As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008

Farmers must pay ISWAP fees for planting and harvesting, with receipts as proof of payment kept under ISWAP's control.

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups in the region.

Billionaire’s agents designed elaborate scheme to fool authorities – then wrote it all out in emails

Tackling migrant smuggling has been one of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s priorities since taking office in July 2024. The prime minister has repeatedly vowed to ‘smash the gangs’ who are using smal...

Most of the bosses, released from prison on furlough or for good behaviour, have never disavowed Cosa Nostra

La région frontalière avec le Burkina Faso reste l’épicentre des attaques. En janvier 2022, le Bénin a déployé près de 3 000 soldats pour sécuriser la zone dans le cadre de l’opération « Mirador ».

The Joint Action Plan sees Germany commit to making it easier to prosecute those facilitating people-smuggling to the UK.

John Dramani Mahama, who served as president from 2012 to 2017, is set to return to office after his main opponent, Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat.

This is a joint series of publications by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), profiling non-state armed g...

UK drug gangs paid Russian criminals to swap their dirty street cash for untraceable crypto currency, police say.

Les camionneurs qui relient le port de Lomé, au Togo, au Burkina Faso et au Niger, risquent chaque jour leur vie en prenant la route. D’un côté, les attaques des groupes djihadistes. De l’autre, (…)

Keir Starmer's attempts to mimic the rhetoric of the Reform leader will end as badly for him as it did for his Conservative predecessors

After an anti-smuggling law was repealed, much of smuggling was decriminalised – research suggests migrants are safer

Chemically concealed cocaine has been detected worldwide, but the true scale of the problem remains unverified. Two recent seizures of meth-infused clothing show the technique is spreading.

Ghana is lauded in the West for its stable democracy. But under the surface, fragility is threatening the country’s democratic foundations.

Une note de la direction générale des douanes du Bénin datée du jeudi 21 novembre 2024 que RFI a pu consulter indique que même si la frontière reste toujours fermée du côté nigérien, depuis le coup d'...

Al-Qaeda and IS at the gates of Niamey, Kouffa declares expansion plans into the Gulf of Guinea