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ORGANIZED CRIME THREAT ASSESSMENT ON PORT FACILITIES IN AFRICA

PROJECT ENACT

Crime at sea: the threat to the West African coast and European Union responses – Brussels – Feb 12, 2020

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Scope & Objectives

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Data & Information

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ANALYSIS (INTEGRATION OF ALL DATA SOURCES) ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZED CRIME AT PORTS

Semi-structured interviews: RSOs, missions, INTERPOL specialized units, conferences

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Results

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Police reports Public reports

“ Sanitization” Removing police information

• Nominal data
• Case information

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Types of Trafficking

• Drug Trafficking
• Pharmaceutical Trafficking
• Stolen Motor Vehicles Trafficking
• Wildlife Trafficking
• Weapons Trafficking
• Cigarettes Trafficking

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Working Hypothesis on Organized Crime at African Ports

Hypothesis: Criminal networks with smuggling expertise are expanding along key hubs and supply lines in Africa

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General Trends

• Less than 2% of containers are checked
• OCGs are both foreign and local
• Increase use of informal landing spots

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General Trends

• New maritime trafficking routes

(Tanzania → Mozambique)

• Evolving modus operandi

(tampering of seal containers)

• Altering of Bills of Lading
• Increase in co-mingling of

illicit/licit commodities (timber & ivory)

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Drug Trafficking

• Italian Mafia: Ports in West Africa/East Africa

for cocaine trafficking (Port of Abidjan and Port of Malindi)

• Increase volume of cocaine through North

Africa’s ports (Port of Casablanca)

• Heroin shipments via Ports in South Africa

(Port of Durban, Johannesburg’s City Deep Dry Port, and Port of Cape Town)

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Pharmaceutical Trafficking

• Trafficked/counterfeit pharmaceutical

products come from China and India

• Ports in Egypt are hubs to and from the

Middle East for fake and unauthorized medicines (Port of Alexandria, Port of Said, Port of Cairo, Port of Damietta, Port of Dekheila)

• Ports in North and West Africa are hubs for

tramadol trafficking (Port of Tangiers, Port

• f Lomé, Port of Cotonou and Nigerian

Ports)

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Stolen Motor Vehicles Trafficking

• Hotspots in West, East and Central

Africa (Port of Dakar, Port of Douala, Port of Pointe Noire, Port of Matadi, Port of Mombasa, Port of Zanzibar and Port of Dar es Salaam)

• “Chop-shops” dismantle vehicles,

then shipped to Africa, reassembled

• r sold as parts
• Concealed in containers and

imported as consolidated cargo

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Wildlife Trafficking

• Trafficking routes of ivory, moving away

from East African ports to West African ports

• Increase in combining shipments

containing ivory and pangolin scales.

• Criminal syndicates set up front

companies to book shipments

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• Firearms trafficking from Turkey

to Nigeria (Tin-Can Island Port and Apapa port)

• Cigarettes through free-trade

zones in Dubai. Heading to Europe/West Africa.

Other Commodities Trafficking

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Challenges

• Lack of expertise in identifying

counterfeit goods, drugs, concealment methods, etc… (name brands, flora/fauna)

• Lack of cooperation between LE and

private sector

• Investigations tend to stop at smuggler
• Lenient penalties

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