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Author: Dranginis, Holly

Title: The Mafia in the Park: A charcoal syndicate is threatening Virunga, Africa's oldest national park

Summary: An illegal charcoal cartel is helping to finance one of the most prominent militias in central Africa and destroying parts of Africa's oldest national park. Nursing alliances with Congolese army and police units and operating remote trafficking rings in the sanctuaries of Congo's protected forests, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) is a kingpin in Africa's Great Lakes region's organized crime networks and a continuing threat to human security.

Details: Washington, DC: Enough Project, 2016. 45p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 22, 2016 at: http://www.enoughproject.org/files/report_MafiaInThePark_Dranginis_Enough_June2016.pdf

Year: 2016

Country: Africa

URL: http://www.enoughproject.org/files/report_MafiaInThePark_Dranginis_Enough_June2016.pdf

Shelf Number: 139794

Keywords:
Charcoal
Forests
Illegal Trade
Natural Resources
Organized Crime
Theft of Natural Resources