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02 JUN 2026
Shadow Wars: Inside the Criminal Networks
Investigating the typologies of criminal actors operating across borders
02 Jun 2026
by GI-TOC
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Entrepreneurs of Insecurity

Kidnapping for ransom in the Chad-CAR-Cameroon borderlands

May 2026
by Titilope F Ajayi - ISS

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15 APR 2026

Shadow Wars: The crime-conflict nexus

15 Apr 2026
by GI-TOC

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Lake Chad Basin: insurgents exploit informal money transfer systems

The hawala system’s reliance on trust-based networks and its lack of formal oversight makes it vulnerable to misuse.

28 Jan 2026
by Oluwole Ojewale, Raoul Sumo Tayo - ISS

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Goma, one year on: Illicit profits, failed peace

Any durable approach to ending the DRC conflict must confront the illicit economies sustaining the war

26 Jan 2026
by Zobel Behalal (GI-TOC)

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