To disrupt the Wagner Group’s illicit activities in Africa, including human trafficking and resource exploitation, the U.S. should consider using RICO, the law originally written to combat domestic organized crime.
Western powers have been unable to compete with the lure of the Belt and Road Initiative’s infrastructure program. But a change of development focus could help them build cachet on the continent.
Following Boko Haram’s example, violent extremist groups are attacking educational facilities in the Sahel and Central Africa, leading to further instability that the groups can exploit.
The Wagner Group’s activities in Africa are a crucial, if informal, part of Russia’s broader foreign policy.
