According to the organized crime index, state-embedded actors were the most prevalent criminal actors in Africa in 2023, obtaining 7.12 index points. Criminal networks and foreign actors followed as the main perpetrators of organized crime. As of the same year, human trafficking was the main criminal market on the continent.
Leading criminal actors according to the organized crime index in Africa as of 2023
The source adds the following information:
"The ENACT Organised Crime Index is an innovative tool designed to measure levels of organised crime in African countries and assess their resilience to organised-criminal activity. Comprising two composite metrics, the Index ranks countries both according to their levels of criminality on a score from 1 to 10 (lowest to highest crime levels) and according to resilience to organised crime from 1 to 10 (lowest to highest resilience levels)."
Data shown here refer to the levels of criminality.
Organized crime is defined as "illegal activities, conducted by groups or networks acting in concert, by engaging in violence, corruption or related activities in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or material benefit. Such activities may be carried out both within a country and transnationally."
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Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. (November 23, 2023). Leading criminal actors according to the organized crime index in Africa as of 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1458490/organized-crime-index-in-africa-by-criminal-actor/
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. "Leading criminal actors according to the organized crime index in Africa as of 2023." Chart. November 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1458490/organized-crime-index-in-africa-by-criminal-actor/
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. (2023). Leading criminal actors according to the organized crime index in Africa as of 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1458490/organized-crime-index-in-africa-by-criminal-actor/
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. "Leading Criminal Actors According to The Organized Crime Index in Africa as of 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1458490/organized-crime-index-in-africa-by-criminal-actor/
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Leading criminal actors according to the organized crime index in Africa as of 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1458490/organized-crime-index-in-africa-by-criminal-actor/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Leading criminal actors according to the organized crime index in Africa as of 2023 [Graph], Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, November 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1458490/organized-crime-index-in-africa-by-criminal-actor/
