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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23329</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2020-20-1-158-169</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PEACE AND SECURITY</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МИР И БЕЗОПАСНОСТЬ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>世界和安全</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and Transnational Crime in Africa</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Влияние распространения стрелкового оружия и легкого вооружения на транснациональную преступность в Африке</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Falode</surname><given-names>Adewunmi James</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Фалоде</surname><given-names>Адевунми Джеймс</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">PhD, Department of History and International Studies</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор философии, доцент кафедры истории и международных отношений</bio><email>adewunmi.falode@lasu.edu.ng</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lagos State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Государственный университет Лагоса</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>20</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Decolonization, Neocolonialism and Recolonization: 60th Anniversary of the Year of Africa</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Деколонизация, неоколониализм и реколонизация: к 60-летию Года Африки</issue-title><fpage>158</fpage><lpage>169</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-03-30"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Falode A.J.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Фалоде А.Д.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Falode A.J.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Фалоде А.Д.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/23329">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/23329</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">This paper analyses the role of the arms trade in the growth and spread of transnational crime in Africa. The work shows that the proliferation and ready availability of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) on the continent is contributing in no small measure to political, economic and social insecurity in Africa. Major transnational crimes that the work identifies in Africa include drug trafficking, human and people trafficking, environmental crimes, arms trafficking and stolen vehicle trafficking. The work uses qualitative research methodology, which involves the extensive collection, collation and analysis of secondary data, to capture the essence and scope of the impacts of SALW on the growth and spread of transnational crime on the continent. A major and significant contribution of the work is the crucial connection that it establishes between the proliferation of SALW and the high incidence and recurrence of transnational crime in Africa. The work shows the destabilizing impacts of the proliferation of SALW in Africa and how these is contributing to the recurrence of conflicts and criminal activities on the continent. In its conclusion, the work recommends that in order for states on the continent to be able to proactively tackle transnational crime and the proliferation of SALW, they will have to do the following: carry-out an extensive and critical survey to create a database that will identify the nature of the different transnational crime that is carried-out in each regions; create (where it does not exist) and, strengthen and implement (where it exist) legislations and laws designed to tackle transnational crime; and encourage interagency cooperation and coordination among the affected states in the regions.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">В данной статье анализируется роль торговли оружием в росте и распространении транснациональной преступности в Африке. Автор показывает, что распространение и доступность стрелкового оружия и легких вооружений (СОЛВ) на континенте в немалой степени способствуют политической, экономической и социальной нестабильности в Африке. В качестве основных видов криминальной деятельности в Африке в данной работе выделяются торговля наркотиками, торговля людьми, экологические преступления, торговля оружием и сбыт краденных транспортных средств. В работе используется методология качественных исследований, которая включает в себя сопоставление и анализ вторичных данных, что позволило раскрыть сущность и масштабы воздействия распространения СОЛВ на рост и распространение транснациональной преступности на континенте. Автору удалось показать связь, которая существует между распространением СОЛВ и высоким уровнем транснациональной преступности в Африке. Доступность СОЛВ, а также торговля оружием создают дестабилизирующую обстановку, в которой практически невозможно успешно бороться с транснациональными криминальными сообществами. В заключение автор приходит к выводу, что для активной и успешной борьбы с транснациональной преступностью и распространением СОЛВ на Африканском континенте государствам необходимо сделать следующее: провести обширный и критический опрос населения для создания базы данных, которая определит характер различных транснациональных преступлений, совершаемых в каждом регионе Африки; создавать (там, где его нет) и укреплять и применять (там, где оно существует) законодательство и законы, направленные на борьбу с транснациональной преступностью; поощрять межведомственное сотрудничество и координацию между пострадавшими государствами в отдельно взятых регионах.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>small arms and light weapons (SALW)</kwd><kwd>Africa</kwd><kwd>transnational crime</kwd><kwd>instability</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>стрелковое оружие и легкие вооружения (СОЛВ)</kwd><kwd>Африка</kwd><kwd>транснациональная преступность</kwd><kwd>нестабильность</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ayissi, A. &amp; Sall, I. 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