Bilyaminu, Suleiman MuhammedZakari, Tso Andrew2023-12-142023-12-142021-11-17Bilyaminu, S.M. & Zakari, T.A. (2021) Assessment of Trans-Border Crime on Security of Borderland Communities in Benue State, Nigeria.https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/7156This study is an assessment of trans-border crime on security of borderlands communities in Benue State, Nigeria. In the past two decades the maintenance of National security in Nigeria has been a cause for concern, especially with the rising cases of violence and unrest that entails the use of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and an unprecedented rise in the number of casualties. One of the reasons for this development is the smuggling and proliferation ofSALW to the border communities. This has heightened the scale of violent crime and communal conflicts in the Benue Valley and in particular the borderland communities along the Nigeria/Cameroun boundary in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. Hence the study adopted the relative deprivation theory. To this extent the study applied the survey method in collecting data and the data for this study was collated through primary and secondary sources. The finding of this study established that Trans-border crime has a significant impact on the security of borderlands communities in Benue State. The study recommends that to mitigate this crime in these communities the government should design developmental policies that will deliberately include social intervention initiatives aimed at empowering the people of these communities and dissuade them from crime. Also robust security architecture along the Nigeria/Cameroun border, mutual cooperation and harmonization of border control policies and regional and international protocols on SALW will stem the tide of this crime.enTrans-border, Crime, Security, Borderland Communities, Benue State.Article