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illicit trade

From seed to sip – legal liquor trade boosts SA economy, but illicit trade hangover remains

Business Maverick

From seed to sip – legal liquor trade boosts SA economy, but illicit trade hangover remains

By Georgina Crouth

South Africa’s illicit trade problem is out of control – but there’s still time to turn this Titanic around

Business Maverick

South Africa’s illicit trade problem is out of control – but there’s still time to turn this Titanic around

By Georgina Crouth

Under-policed oceans surrounding Africa a hotbed for transnational criminal activity

Africa

Under-policed oceans surrounding Africa a hotbed for transnational criminal activity

By Carina Bruwer

Appetites for myths and meat are pushing Central Africa’s pangolins towards extinction

Africa

Appetites for myths and meat are pushing Central Africa’s pangolins towards extinction

By Oluwole Ojewale

SA Revenue Service clamps down on illicit trade in alcohol and tobacco

Business Maverick

SA Revenue Service clamps down on illicit trade in alcohol and tobacco

By Neesa Moodley

Liquor and lockdown: The Great Booze Heist

South Africa

Liquor and lockdown: The Great Booze Heist

By Caryn Dolley

Mali’s global illicit antiquities trade is decimating the nation’s rich cultural heritage

Africa

Mali’s global illicit antiquities trade is decimating the nation’s rich cultural heritage

By Allan Ngari for ISS Today

Madagascar eyes 73.5kg of ‘smuggled’ gold seized in hand luggage at OR Tambo

Africa

Madagascar eyes 73.5kg of ‘smuggled’ gold seized in hand luggage at OR Tambo

By Caryn Dolley

Zimbabwe's riches being pillaged, with the help of governing elites

Africa

Zimbabwe's riches being pillaged, with the help of governing elites

By Carien du Plessis

The tobacco industry’s hypocrisy on illicit trade

Business Maverick

The tobacco industry’s hypocrisy on illicit trade

By Allen Gallagher, Mateusz Zatonski, Tom Hird and Lekan Ayo-Yusuf

No smoke without fire – South Africa’s illicit cigarette trade

South Africa

No smoke without fire – South Africa’s illicit cigarette trade

By Richard Chelin and Rumbidzai Nyoni for ISS TODAY

To trade or not to trade? The ivory question

Africa

To trade or not to trade? The ivory question

By Duncan E Omondi Gumba for ISS TODAY