ESA-Obs
Fertilizer fraud
How counterfeit agricultural products are harming Uganda’s economy
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‘Half a victory’ – the implications of Daniel Kinahan’s arrest for transnational organized crime
An interview with retired Irish police detective Noel Browne
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Global Organized Crime Index, AMA-Obs, APA-Obs, AR-Obs, CA-Obs, CAM-Obs, CSA-Obs, EAS-Obs, ESA-Obs, EUR-Obs, HT-Obs, NAS-Obs, SA-Obs, SEE-Obs, WEA-Obs
The Global Organized Crime Index 2025
Crime at a crossroads
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WEA-Obs
Mapping drug markets in West Africa
Impacts, routes, trends and actors.
Theft for export
Where do stolen cars and parts from the UK and EU end up?
SEE-Obs
Cultivating crime
How cannabis legalization reshaped illicit markets in the Western Balkans
Global Organized Crime Index, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch
Wind of change
The 15th Crime Congress and the repositioning of the UNODC and UNTOC
EAS-Obs
Scam centres: Combating a global phenomenon
A network to counter networks
The Global Initiative comprises a network of over 600 independent global and regional experts working on human rights, democracy, governance, and development issues where organized crime has become increasingly pertinent.
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Global Organized Crime Index, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch
04 May 2026
The 15th Crime Congress and the repositioning of the UNODC and UNTOC
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Global Initiative
29 Apr 2026
Where do stolen cars and parts from the UK and EU end up?
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Gold Watch
28 Apr 2026
Civil society policy recommendations on illicit gold
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EAS-Obs
27 Apr 2026
Scam centres: Combating a global phenomenon
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APA-Obs
22 Apr 2026
Mekong Risk Monitor #2
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Global Initiative
14 Apr 2026
Criminal coexistence: The illicit ecosystem of the Southern Cone’s triple border
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Global Initiative
09 Apr 2026
Wildlife has a Facebook problem
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APA-Obs
31 Mar 2026
Chinese policing in the South Pacific. Strategy, sovereignty and security competition
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SA-Obs
29 Mar 2026
Western Cape gang monitor – Issue 8
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HT-Obs
24 Mar 2026
Brokers and patrons: Unstitching gangs from Haiti’s political fabric
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Sanctions and organized crime, EAS-Obs
17 Mar 2026
Stemming the tide: Arms trafficking dynamics in Central and South-Eastern Europe
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Global Initiative
16 Mar 2026
A world of deceit: Mapping the landscape of the global scam centre phenomenon
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Our network
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View Profile Maria Anjos Sapina
Senior Executive in the conduct of Humanitarian Operations and Policy
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View Profile Jin Cheng
Professor of Public Security Department at the Zhejiang Police College and Director of the Zhejiang Institute of Policing, China
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View Profile Jeff Frazier
Chief Operating Officer, Pryon, Inc.
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View Profile Josefina Salomon
Co-Founder and Editorial Director, In.Visibles
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View Profile Judith Vorrath
Senior Associate, International Security Division of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
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View Profile Om Prakash Mishra
Joint Commissioner of Police, Delhi Police
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View Profile Priscila Villela
Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP)
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View Profile Carolina Duque
Independent Consultant and Researcher
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View Profile Bonaventure Ebayi
Director, Lusaka Agreement Task Force
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View Profile Dr. Chamila Liyanage
Researcher, Centre for the Study of Emerging Security Threats (CSEST)