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Organized crime on the increase in Kenya

The country loses at least 47 billion shillings annually as a result of trade in counterfeit goods. A report on organized crime also indicates that endemic corruption is biggest hindrance to tackling organized crime. The report titled “Termites at Work:Transnational Organized Crime and State Erosion in Kenya lists drug trafficking, trade in counterfeit goods, trafficking in wildlife products, human trafficking, money laundering and trafficking in small arms as the types of organized crime prevalent in Kenya. The report by the International Peace Institute and the Africa Center for Open Governance calls for institutional and policy change as a start to tackling organized crime