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Using social network analysis to understand the interactions of a Cape Town gang

Social network analysis is a sophisticated method of analysing interactions between various actors. In this paper, it is used to understand the dynamics of a Cape Town gang.

A network of violence: Mapping a criminal gang network in Cape Town

This paper focuses on a gang operating in Cape Town to identify and analyse the structures, actors and interactions that make up a criminal network.

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Cape Town's underworld: Mapping a protection racket in the central business district

Using social network analysis, this case study of security racketeering in Cape Town reveals a highly sophisticated criminal network that capitalises on the grey areas between lawful and unlawful.

Mapping crime networks in Southern Africa: A new approach

Current perceptions of organised crime are too rigid and narrow. Effectively disrupting organised crime should be informed by a network analysis that transcends national borders

Cape Town's protection rackets: A study of violence and control

This paper examines protection racketeering in the Cape Town CBD and on the Cape Flats: two areas where such rackets flourish, despite their vastly different socio-economic profiles

Illicit drug trading in Dakar: Dimensions and intersections with governance

This paper identifies how crime networks are using the Senegalese capital to channel illegal drugs to other parts of the world

Crime networks and governance in Cape Town: the quest for enlightened responses

Without an overarching strategy of reform, organised crime will continue to plague affected communities.

Cape Town's Balancing act Between Political Power and Organised Crime

The violence on the Cape Flats highlights the delicate balance between tough law enforcement and compromises with crime networks.

Organised crime and terrorism: Observations from Southern Africa

An overview of key characteristics of organised crime in Southern Africa and highlights the features that might predispose the region to terrorism.