Libya
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26 Nov 2025 / by Matt Herbert
Rising tensions in southern Libya impact illicit economies

Clashes in the country’s southwestern Fezzan region have reshaped criminal economies as networks adapt their operations.
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13 Jun 2025
Trafficking in women in West and North Africa and towards Europe

Criminal networks exploit women through deceptive recruitment, digital control and regional trafficking for sexual exploitation across Africa and Europe.
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15 May 2025 / by Willis Okumu & Valtino Omolo
Somali refugees in Kenya fall victim to Libyan-based traffickers

Trans-Saharan trafficking syndicates lure youngsters from the Dadaab camps with the promise of a better life in Europe.
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07 Apr 2025 / by Feyi Ogunade
Le prix du passage : immersion dans les réseaux clandestins de migration au Ghana

Le témoignage de quatre passeurs révèle les motivations et les méthodes des réseaux clandestins.
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07 Apr 2025 / by Feyi Ogunade
The price of passage: inside Ghana’s migrant smuggling underworld

The experiences of four human smugglers highlight the motivations and methods of smuggling networks.
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17 Dec 2024 / by Matt Herbert
Sudan, Chad and Libya knit together as illicit markets enable conflict economy

Sudan’s internal conflict has fuelled a new conflict economy in its northwest, amplifying regional illicit economies.
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17 Dec 2024 / by Matt Herbert
Soudan : le conflit civil redessine l’économie régionale illicite

Ce conflit alimente les marchés illicites de la région, les populations se tournant vers les réseaux de contrebande pour des produits de première nécessité.
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14 Dec 2023 / by Abdelkader Abderrahmane
Comment freiner le commerce illégal de tabac en Afrique du Nord ?

Les pays doivent intensifier leur coopération sécuritaire pour endiguer le trafic de cigarettes vers la Libye et la Tunisie.
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06 Sep 2023 / by Carina Bruwer
Politics trumps migrant lives in the Mediterranean

Migrant drownings show European states’ failure to meet international legal obligations, including non-refoulement and saving those in distress at sea.
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14 Jul 2023 / by Matt Herbert
Countering Libya’s illicit economies through targeted sanctions

Targeted sanctions have impacted and shaped Libya’s illicit economies but not curtailed them. To improve effect, a rethink is needed.
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14 Jul 2023 / by Matt Herbert
Les sanctions ne suffisent pas à juguler l’économie illicite en Libye

Elles ont cependant contraint les réseaux criminels à se montrer plus discrets et à s’adapter.
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14 Dec 2022 / by Abdelkader Abderrahmane
What will it take to stub out North Africa’s illegal tobacco trade?

Closer security cooperation is needed between countries to stem cigarette trafficking into Libya and Tunisia.

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