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Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Russian firm recruits young African women, also from SA, to build drones for war on Ukraine

Maverick News

Russian firm recruits young African women, also from SA, to build drones for war on Ukraine

By Peter Fabricius

Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, pioneering policing expert, dies in car accident

South Africa

Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane, pioneering policing expert, dies in car accident

By Ethan van Diemen

Shifting landscapes, power plays dealing death and destruction through Cape Town’s ceaseless gang shootings

South Africa

Shifting landscapes, power plays dealing death and destruction through Cape Town’s ceaseless gang shootings

By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Despite global political tension between SA and US, countries cooperate to take down Isis cells

South Africa

Despite global political tension between SA and US, countries cooperate to take down Isis cells

By Caryn Dolley

Silence is the biggest challenge in understanding kidnapping in South Africa (Part two)

South Africa

Silence is the biggest challenge in understanding kidnapping in South Africa (Part two)

By Theresa Alfaro-Velcamp and Matthew Skade

Bandits on bikes — motorbike trafficking critical to armed groups’ mobility in the Sahel

Africa

Bandits on bikes — motorbike trafficking critical to armed groups’ mobility in the Sahel

By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Russia’s military, mercenary and criminal interests in west Africa look set to expand in 2023

Africa

Russia’s military, mercenary and criminal interests in west Africa look set to expand in 2023

By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime