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Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking & COVID-19 in North Africa & the Sahel
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
06/09/20 • 31 min
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 future episodes taking a more in depth look at the nuances within the illicit economy in Africa.
In this episode we will discuss the journey taken by human smugglers and migrants travelling through the Sahel region and how that has been impacted by COVID-19.
Before moving onto Libya, the departure point for many of those trying to get to Europe. Where COVID has combined with an ongoing war to make life even more difficult for migrants.
And finally, we'll look at the drug production and trafficking region of the Maghreb, on the doorstep of the European illicit drug market.
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Guests
Alexandre Bish - Senior Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Rebecca Murray, Senior Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Mark Micallef, Director of the North Africa and Sahel Observatory at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Matt Herbet, Senior Analyst with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
06/09/20 • 31 min
How have Gangs in South Africa and Kenya used COVID 19 to recruit children?
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
09/14/20 • 27 min
While international media reported a decrease in gang activity during COVID19 lockdowns in Kenya and South Africa, GI research has uncovered that they have simply shifted strategy. This week’s episode covers a special report on how gangs are recruiting out of school youth in growing numbers and how they are used for illicit activities.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Speakers
Julia Stanyard, Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Joyce Kimani, Observatory Coordinator for East and Horn of Africa, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Rukshana Parker, Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Reading: Risk Bulletin 11
Additional Links
Cape Town gangs help feed poor devastated by lockdown
South Africa’s strict pandemic response could give criminal gangs an unexpected boost
How school closures during COVID-19 further marginalize vulnerable children in Kenya
Producer: Alexandria Sahai-Williams
09/14/20 • 27 min
Corruption and a coup in Mali
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
09/08/20 • 35 min
In this week’s episode of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy, we uncover how unchecked corruption and illicit industries fuelled the discontent that led to Mali’s recent coup.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Speakers:
Dr Bréma Ely Dicko - Malian sociologist and anthropologist, former head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Human Sciences of Bamako
Peter Tinti - Journalist & Senior Research Fellow, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Philip Obaji Jr - Journalist, activist, and founder of 1 GAME: Football without Violence initiative.
Producer: Alexandria Sahai-Williams
Background
Q&A: The military coup in Mali
BBC: Mali coup: Thousands take to Bamako streets to celebrate
09/08/20 • 35 min
Arms Trafficking, Kidnappings and Donkey Skins
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
08/18/20 • 24 min
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 --- From the illicit smuggling of arms and ammunition from Yemen to Somalia; the worrying rise of high-profile kidnappings in Mozambique; and the possible emergence of an organised illicit trade in donkey skins from Kenya.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Speakers
Estacio Valoi - Investigative journalist based in Mozambique.
Samantha Opere - Samantha Opere is a Veterinary Surgeon and Project Manager at Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies.
Jay Bahadur - author of The Pirates of Somalia and guest editor of the Global Initiative's East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin.
Producer: Alexandria Sahai-Williams
08/18/20 • 24 min
Social Media and Irregular Migration from Maghreb
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
08/04/20 • 29 min
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 by the name Zizou Vlogs, is lending a new voice to the changing face of irregular migration.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Guests:
Matt Herbert, Senior Analyst with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Amine Ghoulidi, King's College London
Producer: Alexandria Sahai-Williams
Reading material
Wired - On YouTube, vloggers are teaching people how to migrate illegally
08/04/20 • 29 min
Emerging Illicit Industries in the Wake of COVID-19
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
07/22/20 • 33 min
This episode examines how bans and increased regulation in above ground industries under the stated intent of “stopping the spread of COVID-19” have led to new forms of illicit trade in Eastern and Southern Africa.
In Somalia donations of personal and ventilators have been misappropriated for profit and a ban on Khat threatens to destabilize the lives of growers and sellers in Kenya.
In South Africa a ban on tobacco is exposing the tobacco industries participation in the black market.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Guests
Abdulaziz Billow Ali - Journalist/TV Correspondent CGTN Africa
Telita Snyckers - Illicit Trade Expert, former tax lawyer for the South African Revenue Services (SARS)
Dalle Abraham - Dalle Abraham is a writer based in Marsabit, Kenya.
Jay Bahadur - Journalist and author
Documents
Global Initiative
Producer: Alexandria Sahai Williams
07/22/20 • 33 min
Licit Economy Smuggling in the Maghreb and Sahel
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
07/07/20 • 31 min
In this episode of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy we explore how licit economy smuggling has become the backbone of communities across the Maghreb and Sahel.
This episode features discussions on how governments tolerate and manage the trade in contraband commodities, medicine smuggling from Tunisia into Libya and the importance of food smuggling to borderland communities.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Guests:
Related material:
Max Gallien
http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/4116/
https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/77053
Jihane Ben Yahia
Raouf Farrah
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/After_the_storm_GI-TOC.pdf
Producer: Alexandria Sahai Williams
07/07/20 • 31 min
Three Men, a Boat and US Sanctions
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
09/30/20 • 27 min
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 company. What connects them all is a criminal network involving the sale of oil and drugs from Libya, across the central Meditarranean and into Europe.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Speakers:
Mark Micallef, Director of the North Africa and Sahel Observatory at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime.
Lorenzo Bagnoli, an investigative reporter with the Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI) and a member of the GI network of experts.
Fatjona Mejdini, the field network coordinator for the Balkans at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
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Producer: Alexandria Sahai-Williams
09/30/20 • 27 min
Security Sector Reform and Organized Crime in Libya
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
10/30/20 • 24 min
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 embedded into formal and informal power structures.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Speakers:
Jalel Harchaoui, Research Fellow at the Clingendaely Institute in the Netherlands.
Emadeddin Badi, Senior Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
Reading
ISS Today: Reform of Libya’s security sector must not fail again.
POLICY BRIEF: Less than the sum of its parts Europe’s fixation with Libyan border security, Matt Herbert
Clingendael REPORT, Security Sector Stabilisation and Development in Libya
10/30/20 • 24 min
Unintended Consequences: Charcoal, Wine and Dhows
Africa and the Global Illicit Economy
06/23/20 • 26 min
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 consequences in the illicit economy.
This episode features an inside look at how the tension between demand for charcoal and bans on production has given rise to powerful dealers who strike predatory agreements with local communities in Northern Uganda, smugglers who hijack wine exports in South Africa's Western Cape, and how a small sailing vessel called a “dhow” has been co-opted for heroin smuggling throughout the Indian Ocean.
Presenter: Lindy Mtongana
Speakers
Rukshana Parker - Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
Arthur Owor - Director Of Research and Operations - Centre for African Research-Northern Uganda Research Centre
Julia Stanyard - Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Producer: Alexandria Sahai Williams
06/23/20 • 26 min
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Africa and the Global Illicit Economy currently has 38 episodes available.
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The podcast is about News, True Crime and Podcasts.
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The episode title 'Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking & COVID-19 in North Africa & the Sahel' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Africa and the Global Illicit Economy is 30 minutes.
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Episodes of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy are typically released every 18 days.
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The first episode of Africa and the Global Illicit Economy was released on Jun 9, 2020.
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