Basel Institute’s Policy brief warns that tighter border controls can create new corruption risks, as smugglers adapt through new concealment methods, routes and corrupt networks

The Basel Institute on Governance has published a policy brief examining how corruption and organised crime adapt to changes in border controls, drawing on research at the port of Rotterdam and the Kapitan Andreevo crossing between Bulgaria and Türkiye. The research finds that stronger controls, new technology and tighter regulation do not necessarily suppress illicit activity, as criminal networks respond by adapting their concealment strategies…