Africa

South Africa, the world’s largest chrome producer, loses around 10% of its annual production to illegal mining which has...

A subsidiary of the Swiss commodities giant Glencore admitted it paid millions of dollars in bribes to African officials to...

The police in southeast Nigeria rescued 35 girls aged 14 to 17 who were exploited for prostitution and ‘baby harvesting’ in...

Despite charges of illicitly trafficking over 30 tonnes of ivory for over a decade now, the alleged members of one of...

While small arms like pistols and assault weapons such as AR-15 dominate debates around gun control and the illegal firearms...

A new museum rose in the Eternal city to shine a light on a pervasive form of organized crime - the global illegal...

In an unprecedented move, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) asked its members to suspend...

The anti-corruption agency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said that it found severe irregularities in the...

For almost a decade now, South Africa’s construction sector has had to contend with organized crime groups that extort...

After 100 illegal gold miners were killed in a clash apparently triggered by a minor dispute in northern Chad, President of...

The Nigerian Army destroyed 40 illegal refineries and arrested 21 people in a continued clampdown against oil theft in the...

Acting on an international warrant issued by South Africa, police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrested two brothers...