The Africa Organised Crime Index 2025 revealed that criminality in South Africa is worse than in war zones like Sudan, Somalia, Mali, and Niger. The index is published by the European Union-funded ENACT programme and run by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS). Other parties involved in the project are Interpol and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC). Mark Shaw, Executive Director of GI-TOC, said their rich pool of information gives them an unprecedented overview of illicit economies across the continent. Criminal markets show considerable diversity across the continent. East Africa stands out for high human trafficking, arms trafficking and human smuggling.
Sam Busa