Dozens of foreign trawlers are licensed to fish in Sierra Leonean waters and the aim of the ban was to help replenish species damaged by overfishing

Violence in the country is a product of people’s circumstances, so many say. But is it really?

A joint report by the World Bank and UNODC urges governments to devote more resources to training investigators in fighting financial crime.

SA’s second largest city has a homicide rate higher than the national average, a global study has shown.

While cannabis is the drug most abused in SA, amphetamine-style stimulants like tik pose the greatest threat, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

Use of cocaine by celebrities is encouraging a trade that destroys whole communities in Latin America and Africa, the United Nations’ top anti-crime official said on Thursday.…

Militants are exploiting weak law enforcement in West Africa to raise funds from rackets ranging from people smuggling to drug trafficking and even fake Viagra, experts said. In…