According to a report by INTERPOL, Organised Crime groups exploit African airlines and airports with low screening facilities to smuggle illicit goods. Thanks to weak control and probable corruption, criminals can move large amounts of gold via commercial flights. In August 2019, for example, 60kg of gold hidden in parcels containing passengers’ blankets were seized and a transnational criminal network was dismantled. In another case, a Chadian trader tried to export 20.1kg of gold from Cameroon in a false bottomed suitcase and was arrested in Douala. These groups also use private planes to smuggle large quantities of gold, as these planes are not always physically checked by customs. In 2021, open sources reported that Cameroon’s authorities arrested two Canadians and a Cameroonian national who were about to smuggle 250kg of gold to the United Arab Emirates using a private jet.