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Acknowledgements
The illicit hub mapping project was developed by a core GI-TOC team led by Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo and Lyes Tagziria, including A. Gomes, Alexandre Bish, Alice Fereday, Babajide Ogunleye, Deo Gumba, Ghislain Fopa, Iris Oustinoff, Kelechukwu Iruoma, Kingsley Madueke, Lawan Danjuma Adamu, Marcena Hunter, Mouhamadou Kane, Peter Tinti and Sébastien Hervieu. Furthermore, the research would not have been possible without the invaluable input of researchers from across the region and beyond. The GI-TOC also thanks members of the Technical Reference Group for their contributions to the development of the Illicit Economies and Instability Monitor (IEIM), to the participants in the verification workshops of the mapping and IEIM results and to colleagues who generously agreed to review the report. Credit to José Luengo-Cabrera, the GI-TOC Publications team and Café.art.br for editorial, design, visualization and website.
Sources
The information gathered as part of the illicit hub mapping initiative comes from a multitude of sources, including an extensive review of the relevant literature, GI-TOC’s institutional expertise, key informant interviews, roundtables and fieldwork. Overall, across all stages of the research, the GI-TOC research team engaged with 655 different stakeholders, including 103 individuals from international organizations, 170 national government stakeholders and 382 civil society and community members. Furthermore, data presented on the online illicit hub mapping tool derives from several sources, including the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), the Missing Migrants Project (IOM), the U.S. Geological Survey, NaturalEarth, OurAirports and other open sources.
