The European Parliament resolution of 16 September 2020 on EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa (2020/2002(INI)) is available online (P9_TA-PROV(2020)0213).
This document highlights “the emergence of new forms of mafia economy, including human, migrant and drug trafficking, cultural and wildlife smuggling”, as a major challenge.
The action taken by the European Union and its Member States includes (n°34) “calls for the EU to address the consistent and growing threats to the protection and preservation of cultural heritage and clamp down on the smuggling of cultural artefacts, especially in conflict zones”.