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Study title

Hidden Narratives of Transnational Organised Crime in West Africa, 2022

Creator

Klantschnig, G, University of Bristol
Apard, E, IFRA Nigeria
Frowd, P, University of Ottawa

Study number / PID

856455 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-856455 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

The foundation of the project was ethically rigorous fieldwork on insider narratives of activities labelled transnational organised crime (TNOC). This was done through in-depth interviews with difficult to access market insiders and regulators in the illicit migrant transport economy in Agadez and the illicit opioid economy in Lagos. We shared/archived the core of this interview data in the form of redacted interview transcripts. Due to geographical focus of the research, the archived transcripts are in three different languages (English, Nigerian Pidgin and French).

This project investigated the understandings of activities labelled transnational organised crime (TNOC) in West Africa. The project assumed that the ways illicit and state actors speak about and understand their roles, i.e. their 'narratives', provides a helpful entry point into a better understanding of the everyday reality of participating in and seeking to counter criminalised activities. The project was built on the observation that much of our understanding of TNOC in West Africa is based on official reports, statistics and other largely detached assessments. Using the cases of the illicit opioid trade and the illicit transport of migrants, the project sought to uncover the 'hidden narratives' of these activities in West Africa.

Topics

Law, crime and legal systemsPoliticsHealthSociety and culture

Keywords

ORGANIZED CRIMETRAFFICKINGPRESCRIPTION DRUGSNIGERNIGERIAWEST AFRICADRUG TRAFFICKINGHUMAN TRAFFICKINGILLEGAL DRUGSDRUG POLICYIMMIGRATION POLICYCRIME AND SECURITY
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Methodology

Data collection period

29/09/2019 - 31/12/2022

Country

Nigeria, Niger

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Text

Data collection mode

The main focus of our project, the reconstruction of hidden narratives of TNOC, came from three major sources. The first element of the narrative gathering was through local media reviews in Niger and Nigeria. The second part of the narrative collection was through semi-structured interviews with key officials. This was primarily focused on mid-level state officials, who were often the government’s interface with international partners. The investigators’ prior contacts and snowball sampling helped identify and access this group of informants. The third part involved interviews and observation with what we called ‘market insiders’, i.e. individuals associated with illicit practices. This involved semi-structured interviews with people associated with migrant transport in Agadez (Niger) and the illicit opioid economy in Lagos (Nigeria).

Funding information

Grant number

ES/S008578/2

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2023

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service. All requests are subject to the permission of the data owner or his/her nominee. Please email the contact person for this data collection to request permission to access the data, explaining your reason for wanting access to the data, then contact our Access Helpdesk.

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