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Behind the blockchain

Cryptocurrency and criminal capture in the Central African Republic

Dec 2025
by GI-TOC
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Evolution and dynamics of informal money transfer systems in the Lake Chad Basin

Nov 2025
by Oluwole Ojewale, Raoul Sumo Tayo - ISS
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Up in smoke

How fuel in the CAR became a weapon of war and a source of criminal wealth

Nov 2025
by GI-TOC
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Port of call

Regional illicit flows through Douala, Cameroon

May 2024
by Julia Stanyard, Eleanor Beevor, Thierry Vircoulon - GI-TOC
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The war of thieves

Illicit networks, commoditized violence and the arc of state collapse in Sudan

Feb 2024
by J.R. Mailey - GI-TOC
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Tarnished hope

Crime and corruption in South Sudan's gold sector

May 2023
by Marcena Hunter, Ken Opala - GI-TOC
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The kidnapping business

Criminality in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

May 2023
by Justin Mwetaminwa, Marc-André Lagrange, Thierry Vircoulon - GI-TOC
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Business as usual?

Illegal charcoal and timber trade in Eastern DRC

Dec 2022
by Daan van Uhm, Milou Tjoonk, Eliode Bakole - GI-TOC
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