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Director, GI-TOC Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa, focused on organized crime, legal reform and international development
Joined February 2018
RT @GI_TOC: ๐๏ธ 10 July | 3 PM CEST Together with @ACLEDINFO we will present a report on armed banditry in North West Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ Dive intโฆ
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Sanctions must be tailored to on-the ground dynamics - the Sahel's kidnapping industry is driving harm, and the violent extremist group JNIM is a key perpetrator - but suffering is concentrated in local communities. Read more ๐
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RT @LyesTagziria: ๐ง๐ฏ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ: ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป Since the end of 2021, kidnappings have escalated rapidly.โฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: Self-defence groups are reshaping security concerns in #WestAfrica. Our latest #OCWAR_T report delves into their impact on loโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: ๐ง How effective are #sanctions in combating #organizedcrime and political instability? We explore the impact sanctions have haโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: 2/ The Organized Crime Resilience Framework examines the West African region's major organized crime threats. Read our first deโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: 1/ ๐ค๏ธ As communities in #WestAfrica are hit by the impacts of #climatechange, they resort to organized crime as a survival mechโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: ๐Thereโs an increasing link between conflict zones and illicit activities in #WestAfrica. Understanding the intersection betwโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: 1/ ๐ West African nations, particularly Ghana, are redefining drug policies amidst rising drug market harms. Ghana leads with iโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: From transit point to market: #WestAfrica faces a surge in #cocaine and #syntheticdrugs. The region is grappling with the challโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: ๐ Learn about the overlooked complexities of the Chad-Cameroon-CAR tri-border. Amidst regional turmoil, Cameroon emerges as aโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: #Syntheticdrugs are increasingly harming #WestAfrica. With low entry barriers and flexible supply chains, criminal actors finโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: Despite sanctions, #GuineaBissau's illicit economies, particularly #cocainetrafficking, continue to thrive. In our latest repoโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: โ๏ธ Gold mining has significantly increased in #WestAfrica. Following several recent coups, extremist groups, and #organizedcrโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: 2/ Read more about the reasons behind the shift in the mode of smuggling from land to sea in our latest report ๐
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RT @GI_TOC: The 'industrialization' of #migrant smuggling via small boats in the #EnglishChannel stems from tightened security in northernโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: ๐ข Calling journalists in West Africa! If you are based in The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mauritania or Cape Verdโฆ
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RT @GI_TOC: ๐We have released the second report in the "Sanctions and Organized Crime" series. The paper, written by @DrM2H and @Lucia_Birdโฆ
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The Primeiro Comando Capital's influence on Brazilian cocaine markets is well recognised. The group's role as a major exporter of cocaine trafficked through West Africa less so... Find out more in the @GI_TOC report published today by @gabriel_feltran, @ViannaPinho and I.
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