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Protecting communities: Responding to the impact of urban drug markets

This paper looks at the challenge posed by urban drug markets, particularly the impact on crime, safety, and development. It combines a granular...

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COVID-19: How has the pandemic affected organized crime?

Intro The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected society and the formal economy, and it will continue to influence and shape organized crime and...

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Making a killing: What assassinations reveal about the Montenegrin drug war

In criminal markets, violence does not happen by accident – and it is seldom a first resort. The most efficient and controlled markets are those...

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Transformative Technologies: How digital is changing the landscape of organized crime

Advances in technology are continuing to transform the illicit-trade landscape as dramatically as they are changing its legal counterpart,...

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A triangle of vulnerability – changing patterns of illicit trafficking off the Swahili coast

A triangle of vulnerability for illicit trafficking is emerging as a key geographic space along Africa’s eastern seaboard – the Swahili coast. At...

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A rising tide: Trends in production, trafficking and consumption of drugs in North Africa

This report offers a sizing and analysis of the developing trends around drugs in the Maghreb. It begins by detailing the production of narcotics in...

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A Shallow Flood: The Diffusion of Heroin in Eastern and Southern Africa

The flow of heroin from Asian production points to the coastal shores of eastern and southern Africa is not new. Whereas the first heroin transit...

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Breaking the vicious cycle: Cocaine politics in Guinea-Bissau

With the latest round of political conflict continuing to destabilize the minuscule West African country since late 2019 and early 2020, new evidence...

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The impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime

The Coronavirus is having a profound effect on the established structures of our globe....

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Africa and the Global Illicit Economy: The Podcast

Every two weeks, we will be looking at corruption, illicit financial flows, gangs, the role of...

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Road to Kyoto: The podcast

The Road to Kyoto is a podcast series from the GI-TOC with some of the leading experts who study...

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Deep dive: The podcast

From drug trafficking to human smuggling and from cybercrime to illegal mining. The Deep...

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The impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime

Africa and the Global Illicit Economy: The Podcast

Road to Kyoto: The podcast

Deep dive: The podcast

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Past - 24/06/2020

Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: A comprehensive analysis of technology tools

The intersection of technology and trafficking in human beings is one of the defining topics of the global conversation on efforts to...

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Past - 15/06/2020

Faces of Assassination – Virtual Launch

Date and time: 15 June at 2pm CESTLink to join the online launch: https://youtu.be/EHneN3RTyVc Moderator: Siria Gastelum...

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Past - 09/06/2020

Impact of COVID-19 on transnational organised crime in East Africa

Restrictions on movement imposed by East African governments to curb the spread of COVID-19 present opportunities and challenges to...

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Arrest of journalist Samira Sabou ‘illegal’ – RSF

Parallel contagion: Is mafia entrepreneurship exploiting the pandemic?

Kristin Ottesen Kvigne appointed as head of Norway’s leading anti-organized crime agency

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