The ENACT seminar that took place on the 6 March 2024, addressing the illicit succulent trade in South Africa, provided insightful perspectives into the growing threat faced by the country’s unique biodiversity. The representative from the European Union voiced concern over the seriousness of the issue, highlighting that many illegally traded succulent plants are even…
ENACT, in collaboration with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) and the Worldwide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF), organised an impactful workshop on 31 January 2024 convening 40 stakeholders, including government NGOs, and nursery owners, to discuss the potential development of a formal economy surrounding South African succulent flora. Aligned with Objective 7…
On 14 December 2023, ENACT INTERPOL hosted the Webinar “Gender perspective in the use of open -Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis to disrupt transnational organised crime.” The event was held under the auspices of the ENACT womENACTion initiative and gathered more than 100 experts from the fields of criminal intelligence analysis, security, OSINT and gender from…
The escalating drug crisis in West Africa requires an urgent, targeted and strategic policy response, as the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) report for the years 2020-2022 highlights. The absence of a detailed overview of the drug phenomenon has led to a lack of effective policies in the region, which is why…
Organised crime poses escalating challenges across Africa, as recently revealed by the ENACT Organised Crime Index for Africa 2023. During the launch of the Index on 24 November 2023, the European Union’s Deputy Ambassador to Kenya Ondrej Simek, referenced persistent illicit market within Africa such as human trafficking, cocaine and illicit financial flows, as issues…
On 17 October 2023, ENACT held a webinar to discuss the illegal trade and flow of people, goods and substances throughout Africa and their impact beyond the continent’s borders, as shown by the rise in irregular migration and illicit financial flows into Europe. The European Commission opened the event reaffirming the EU’s commitment to the…
