When borders fail, smugglers thrive

A NEW report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime has cast an uncomfortable spotlight on Zimbabwe’s growing role in regional migration routes. 

According to the study, the country is rapidly emerging as a critical transit corridor in a sprawling migrant smuggling network stretching from the Horn of Africa to South Africa.  

The findings paint a troubling picture of Zimbabwe’s position at the crossroads of regional and global migration flows, where human smuggling increasingly intersects with organised crime, corruption and violence. 

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