Trends in Organized Crime, Smuggling, and International Security.
On 2 March Niger seized 17 tons of hashish originally shipped from Lebanon. Two months later, some of the seized drugs have arrived in Tobruk, Libya.
This article from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime unpacks the complex dynamics around the shipment, seizure, & the politics around drugs in Niger.
It is available on the Global Initiative website, and can be accessed here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/hashish-trafficking-niger/
I'm delighted to provide my latest report for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime: "Conflict, Coping and Covid: Changing human smuggling and trafficking dynamics in North Africa and the Sahel in 2019 and 2020."
Written in collaboration with Mark Micallef, Rupert Horsley, Alexandre Bish, Alice Fereday, and Peter Tinti, the report details human smuggling and trafficking trends (and broader organized crime, security and political issues around them) in Libya, Tunisia, Chad, Niger and Mali. It encapsulates the monthly reporting the GI has conducted on the subjects throughout 2019 and 2020 (and which remains ongoing).
The report can be found here: https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/smuggling-trafficking-sahel-2020/
Excited to launch my new report, "Divided They Fall: Frontiers, borderlands and stability in North Africa", written with Max Gallien.
The report looks at smuggling and Maghrebi states, the change in border security approaches, and the impact of such changes on borderland communities and informal and illicit markets.
The report is available here.
In a new podcast from the Global Initiative, I dig into why and how irregular migration from Tunisia has surged over the last 12 months, and forecast what we can expect in 2021.
Addition segments of the podcast feature Hiba Tlili, discussing Tunisia’s political crisis, and Dr. Dalia Ghanem discussing her work on women and smuggling on the Tunisia-Algeria border.
The podcast can be accessed here: Tunisia: Political Unrest and the Illicit Economy.
