Crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo police officers in Goma.

Crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is investigated by the DRC's police.

Crime by type

Murder

The Democratic Republic of the Congo had a murder rate of 12.4 per 100,000 population in 2021.[1]

Corruption

This section is an excerpt from Corruption in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[edit]

Corruption in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is widespread at all levels of government, ranging from petty bribery involving local bureaucrats to grand-scale embezzlement of public funds by political elites. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures how effectively countries are perceived to control public-sector corruption, consistently ranks the DRC near the bottom. The BBC's DRC country profile calls its recent history "one of civil war and corruption." A 2024 report by Transparency International described the DRC as the eighth most corrupt country in Africa.[2][3] President Joseph Kabila established the Commission of Repression of Economic Crimes upon his ascension to power in 2001.[4]

Sexual violence

The DRC, and the east of the DRC in particular, has been described as the "rape capital of the world".[5][6] The prevalence and intensity of all forms of sexual violence has been described as the worst in the world.[7][6]

Much of the research conducted about sexual violence in the DRC has focused on violence against and rape of women as related to these armed conflict, mostly occurring in the eastern region of the country.[8] The eastern region of the DRC has the highest rates of sexual violence, and much of it is perpetrated by armed militia groups.[9] However, other studies have begun to show that sexual violence is pervasive in all parts of the DRC and that it is not always related to the conflict.[9]

Human trafficking

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced labor and forced prostitution. The majority of this trafficking is internal, and much of it is perpetrated by armed groups and government forces outside government control within the DRC's unstable eastern provinces.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Mortality rate due to homicide (per 100 000 population)". data.who.int. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Transparency International ranks the 10 most corrupt African countries". Business Insider Africa. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "DR Congo country profile". BBC News. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Werve, Jonathan (2006). The Corruption Notebooks 2006. p. 57.
  5. ↑ "UN official calls DR Congo 'rape capital of the world.'". BBC. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  6. 1 2 McCrummen, Stephanie (9 September 2007). "Prevalence of Rape in E. Congo Described as Worst in World". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  7. ↑ "UN official calls DR Congo 'rape capital of the world.'". BBC. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  8. ↑ Kilonzo, Nduku; Njoki Ndung'u; Nerida Nthamburi; Caroline Ajema; Miriam Taegtmeye; Salley Theobald; Rachel Tohurst (2009). "Sexual violence legislation in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for strengthened medico-legal linkages". Reproductive Health Matters. 17 (34): 10–19. doi:10.1016/s0968-8080(09)34485-7. JSTOR 40647441. PMID 19962633.
  9. 1 2 Peterman, Amber; Tia Palermo; Caryn Bredenkamp (June 2011). "Estimates and Determinants of Sexual Violence Against Women in the Democratic Republic of Congo" (PDF). American Journal of Public Health. 101 (6): 1060–1067. doi:10.2105/ajph.2010.300070. PMC 3093289. PMID 21566049. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Trafficking in Persons Report 2010. U.S. Department of State (14 June 2010). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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