The most common forms of crime include child labour , arms trafficking , terrorism and human rights abuse. Other less common, but still evident types of crime include cannabis and synthetic drug trade , sex trafficking , fauna and flora crimes , cybercrime. Embedded actors throughout the state and political corruption prevents progress in reducing crime rates. Ivory Coast is a major trafficking hub for important and export of child labourers. By law, children must attend school from the ages of 6 to Previously, trafficking children between the war -torn borders of Ivory Coast had been easy, as there was little surveillance.
The decrease in violence between the neighbouring nations has allowed countries to work together to better prevent trafficking between countries. In the last decade, projects including U. In , Ivory Coast improved their efforts to eliminate child labour. The government drafted a National Labour Inspection Strategy, as well as developed a 3-year National Action Plan to fight child labour.
In addition, the First Lady of the Ivory Coast , with the help of many Non-governmental organizations , opened child protection centres for rescued victims of child labour, where they receive housing, education, counselling , medical attention and vocational training.
In , the criminal law enforcement upped their action. They trained 33 labour inspectors to investigate, prosecute and convict child labour traffickers. Embassy in Ivory Coast also made the following prioritised recommendations to the government to further improve the trafficking situation: [ 8 ]. The most common form of child labour in Ivory Coast occurs on cocoa farms. Major actors in small arms trafficking include low level transporters, members from regional and capital trafficking hubs and government forces.
They often travel unarmed on motorbikes through unmanned and uncontrolled border crossings carrying small amounts of illegal arms. Arms trafficking can be seen as a valid and appropriate career for demobilised fighters, as it provides an opportunity to extricate oneself from unemployment. Such workers are dependent on connections and communication from cross border friendships, family and ethnic ties about movement of security forces. High-profile individuals and groups such as terrorist groups and other criminals have the ability to move illegal arms across national borders for their personal use.
