Tentacles of Organized Crime Groups in Africa Now Stretch Around the World, Says Global Report

Monitor says continent has fast become an international hub for mafia-type organizations.

South African and Israeli police arrested a suspected gang boss in Johannesburg whom Israel has sought for years for alleged conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. File photo taken on Nov. 17, 2022. AFP via Getty Images

JOHANNESBURG—Three of the seven countries most affected by organized crime are in Africa, according to the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), which recently released its 2023 global index.

The index is a scale demonstrating the presence of organized crime and the resilience to it across 193 United Nations member states.