Hidden Narratives of Transnational Organised Crime in West Africa, 2022

The foundation of the project was ethically rigorous fieldwork on insider narratives of activities labelled transnational organised crime (TNOC). This was done through in-depth interviews with difficult to access market insiders and regulators in the illicit migrant transport economy in Agadez and the illicit opioid economy in Lagos. We shared/archived the core of this interview data in the form of redacted interview transcripts. Due to geographical focus of the research, the archived transcripts are in three different languages (English, Nigerian Pidgin and French).

本项目的研究根基，是针对被界定为跨国有组织犯罪（Transnational Organized Crime，TNOC）的相关活动所开展的符合伦理准则的田野调查，其数据素材来源于该类活动内部人士的亲历叙事。本次调研通过深度访谈完成，访谈对象为尼日尔阿加德兹地区非法移民贩运行业，以及尼日利亚拉各斯地区非法阿片类药物交易行业中难以接触到的市场内部人士与监管者。我们以隐去敏感信息的访谈转录稿形式，共享并归档了本次访谈数据的核心内容。鉴于本次研究的地域聚焦属性，归档的转录稿共包含三种语言版本：英语、尼日利亚皮钦语以及法语。