Nigeria is ranked sixth in the world for organised crime, according to the 2023 Global Organized Crime Index.
The report stated that Nigeria continues to face a series of security challenges, corruption and other criminal activities.
According to the survey done by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, which was released on Wednesday, the status of organised criminality in Nigeria increased by 0.13 points.
Nigeria scored 7.28 out of 10 points which makes it the sixth in the world and second highest in Africa behind the Democratic Republic of Congo (7.35) and ahead of South Africa (7.18).
In 2021, the last time the report was released, Nigeria was ranked fifth with a score of 7.14 points.
Myanmar has the highest criminality score (8.15), followed by Colombia (7.75) and Mexico (7.57).
The report noted that “levels of criminality are increasing worldwide while resilience measures are falling short of meeting the threat..”
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