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The Impact of International Organized Crime and Criminalized States In Africa: A Global Threat To National Security

Abstract

This paper provides an overview with regards to the influx of organized crime in Africa. Over time, international organized crime has evolved and thrived in major continents of the world, Africa for one of which the spread of drug trafficking (cocaine, heroin and the likes), human trafficking, diamond trade and its link with the financing of terrorism etc. is prominent. This paper will examine the development of organized crime in Africa, the political, social and economic conditions that encouraged the growth of this phenomenon, the role of the government and law enforcement agencies in curbing this phenomenon and in particular major forms of organized crime in Africa. This will create an avenue for further research in the near future.

Keywords: Diamond Trade, Drug Trafficking, Human Trafficking, International Organized Crime, Terrorism

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Email ID: editor.gjahss@ea-journals.org
Impact Factor: 8.80
Print ISSN: 2052-6350
Online ISSN: 2052-6369
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37745/gjahss.2013

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