Insurgency and Illicit trade in Northern Mozambique | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

How will the ongoing violent Islamist insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region of Northern Mozambique overlap with the organized criminal networks that operate in the area. How has the corruption within the Mozambican state contributed to the growth of the insurgency?

Presenter: Lindy Mtongana

Guests:

Professor Adriano Nuvunga, Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development and a leading civil society activist in Mozambique

Simone Haysom, Senior Analyst, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, researching the role of foreign organised crime groups in Africa.

Alastair Nelson, Senior Analyst who Coordinates the GI’s Resilience Fund work in Mozambique

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime