Watch Africa
iWatch Africa reports on Organised crime in Africa/ Trans-national Crime (Drug Trafficking, Illegal Mining, Illegal logging, Human Trafficking, Organ Trafficking, Illicit Financial Flows etc.)
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Failure of six mining companies to pay government dividends cost Ghana close to $15 million in 2018
iWatch Africa investigation has revealed that failure of some six mining companies to pay dividends due Ghana deprived the nation…
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How smart cartels are evading tax at the port
A cartel operating at the port of Mombasa has devised a scheme to evade taxes. The ploy involves abandoning cargo…
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Ex-Gambia president looted US$363 million public funds, owned 281 properties
Gambia’s official inquiry into the corruption of former President Yahya Jammeh found he had looted at least $363 million of…
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FactCheck: Is California’s GDP larger than that of Africa’s combined?
iWatch Africa assessment of recently published data by the African Development Bank can confirm that the US state of California…
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How cybercrime and digital technologies are fueling illicit financial flows in Ghana
ACCRA – The issue of illicit financial flows is not new; however, the increasing complexity of the digital economy and…
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Government fails to investigate missing $7 billion gold proceeds
iWatch Africa can confirm that the government of Ghana as at September 2018 had failed to investigate how a whopping…
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Chinese & Indian firms dumping counterfeit anti-malarials in West Africa causing over 100,000 deaths a year
iWatch Africa assessment of the 2017 Enact Continental Report has revealed that Chinese and Indian firms are the largest producers…
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Small-scale gold production dropped by only 6% in 2017 despite ban
iWatch Africa assessment of the total gold output from the small-scale miners can confirm that the government ban on the…
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Developing countries lost over $ 1 trillion to Illicit Financial Flows from 2005-2014
iWatch Africa assessment of a 2017 report by the Global Financial Integrity has revealed that illicit financial flows (IFFs) from…
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Close to 20,000 migrant deaths recorded in the Mediterranean since 2014 [infographic]
iWatch Africa assessment of data provided by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) can confirm that an estimated 17,000 migrants…
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