Criminal market
5.35
Human Trafficking
6.50
Human Smuggling
7.00
Arms Trafficking
8.00
Flora Crimes
2.00
Fauna Crimes
2.50
Non-Renewable Resources Crimes
6.50
Heroin Trade
4.00
Cocaine Trade
5.00
Cannabis Trade
6.00
Synthetic Drugs Trade
6.00
Criminal Actors
6.13
Mafia-Style Groups
2.00
Criminal Networks
7.00
State-Embedded Actors
8.50
Foreign Actors
7.00
Political Leadership and Governance
4.00
Government Transparency and Accountability
4.00
International Cooperation
5.00
National Policies and Laws
5.50
Judicial System and Detention
2.50
Law Enforcement
4.50
Territorial Integrity
3.00
Anti-Money Laundering
3.00
Economic Regulatory Environment
3.00
Victim and Witness Support
2.00
Prevention
2.00
Non-State Actors
4.00
Political Leadership and Governance
4.00
Government Transparency and Accountability
4.00
International Cooperation
5.00
National Policies and Laws
5.50
Judicial System and Detention
2.50
Law Enforcement
4.50
Territorial Integrity
3.00
Anti-Money Laundering
3.00
Economic Regulatory Environment
3.00
Victim and Witness Support
2.00
Prevention
2.00
Non-State Actors
4.00
The country’s overall criminality score is driven both by well-established criminal markets and a range of powerful criminal actors. Niger has a number of entrenched criminal markets, the most pervasive of which are for arms trafficking and human smuggling. The country serves as a key transit route for weapons heading to conflict zones in the region, but the deterioration of the country’s security situation has resulted in an increase in the domestic demand for weapons, particularly small arms and ammunition. The country also plays an important role in global drug flows, including the trafficking of cocaine, cannabis and synthetic drugs. State-embedded actors are highly influential in Mali, in particular in the drug smuggling, migrant smuggling and illicit gold mining economies. Criminal networks and foreign criminal actors also play a major role in the organised crime landscape in the country. Niger ranks 31st in Africa for resilience, performing just below the continental average. Although the country’s legislative framework and law-enforcement agencies are deemed to be moderately effective, there are major deficiencies in Niger’s social protection frameworks.
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The criminal markets score is represented by the pyramid base size and the criminal actors score is represented by the pyramid height, on a scale ranging from 1 to 10. The resilience score is represented by the panel height, which can be identified by the side of the panel.
