Africa’s illicit drug market: what’s needed to address it

New research on illegal drugs and Africa’s policy responses will be discussed on the margins of the UN General Assembly.

Date: 2019-09-24

Time: 15:30 to 17:00

Venue: Conference room, Scandinavian House, 58 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10016

RSVP: Theresa Hume, Email: [email protected]
Naomi Tite, Email: [email protected]

Various parts of Africa have become transit points for the global trade in illicit drugs. As a result, an increasing number of people across the continent are becoming involved in the trade, and are using illegal drugs themselves. This event presents new research from the ENACT programme about the growing heroin trade pervading Africa’s East Coast, a comprehensive analysis of Africa’s drug policy, and how criminal intelligence analysis can be used to tackle organised crime in Africa.

Chairperson: Ottilia Anna Maunganidze, Head of Special Projects, ISS

Speakers:

• Mark Shaw, Director, GI
• Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director, GI
• Nathalie Richard-Bober, ENACT Project Coordinator, INTERPOL
• Serge Epouhe, ENACT Regional Analyst, INTERPOL

ENACT is funded by the European Union (EU), and implemented by the ISS, INTERPOL and Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime. Speakers appear in their personal capacity and cannot be seen to represent or reflect the position of the EU.