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15 Feb 2024 / by Mouhamadou Kane, Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo, Lyes Tagziria & Jason Eligh
Diffusion, diversion, displacement – but not disruption

This report explores the challenge of responding to synthetic drug markets through the lens of tramadol in West Africa.
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07 Feb 2024 / by Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo, Lyes Tagziria & Maria-Goretti Ane
New approaches to regulating drugs in West Africa

This report explores the impact of Ghana’s drug policy reform.
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25 Jan 2024 / by Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo, Kingsley Madueke, Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria & Romain Le Cour Grandmaison
Self-defence groups as a response to crime and conflict in West Africa

This report outlines lessons learned on mitigating the risks and harnessing the benefits of these groups.
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25 Jan 2024 / by Mouhamadou Kane & Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo
Climate change, illicit economies and community resilience

This report explores these interlinked phenomena in communities peripheral to Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park and proposes responses.
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28 Nov 2023 / by Lyes Tagziria and Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo
2023 West Africa organised crime resilience framework – foundational report

This report sets out the organised crime and security landscape across the West African region.
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30 Jan 2023 / by Yvon Dandurand, Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo and Kingsley Madueke
Building resilience to organised crime

This report analyses the key drivers of community resilience in four communities in Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso.
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30 Jan 2023 / by Yvon Dandurand, Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo, Kingsley Madueke and Oumar Zombre
Building resilience to organised crime: a policy review

This study highlights key elements of differing communities’ resilience to threats from armed conflict and illicit economies.
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04 Aug 2020 / by Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo
Movement should be safe for migrants; not profitable for smugglers

Clampdowns on low-level smugglers have helped turn the industry into a multimillion-dollar global business.
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13 Oct 2017 / by Mark Shaw and Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo
Ghana’s bold step away from the ‘war on drugs’

Could seismic changes in Ghana’s narcotics laws herald a shift in Africa’s drug policy?