Gold Watch, ESA-Obs
The Somali gold rush
Milxo and the ungoverned mining frontier
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After the capture
What are the implications of the US intervention in Venezuela for organized crime?
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HT-Obs
Peace operations in Haiti: Lessons from two decades of UN engagement
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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
Frontiers of plunder
Environmental crime in northern Mexico's logging and mining sectors
CA-Obs
Feeding the furnace:
Tracing opaque gold supply chains and deals in Central Africa
Resilience Fund
Disappearances by organized crime
A guide to responses and strengthening resilience
APA-Obs
The fall of a cyber scam kingpin
Will Chen Zhi’s arrest and extradition be a wake-up call for scam bosses in the Mekong?
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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Gold Watch, ESA-Obs
02 Feb 2026
The Somali gold rush: Milxo and the ungoverned mining frontier
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Assassination Witness, Latinoamérica y el Caribe
30 Jan 2026
Deadly democracy: Lethal political violence in Brazil
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Global Initiative
29 Jan 2026
Carceral capture: Criminal governance in Ecuador’s prison system
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CA-Obs
28 Jan 2026
Feeding the furnace: Tracing opaque gold supply chains and deals in Central Africa
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Global Initiative
23 Jan 2026
Frontiers of plunder
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Global Initiative
22 Jan 2026
A climate of insecurity: Climate change and organized crime in cities
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Resilience Fund
22 Jan 2026
Disappearances by organized crime
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HT-Obs
21 Jan 2026
Peace operations in Haiti: Lessons from two decades of UN engagement
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EAS-Obs
20 Jan 2026
People as ammunition: The structures behind Russian and Belarusian weaponized migration
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APA-Obs
13 Jan 2026
Minimizing risks of criminal exposure to scam compounds in corporate supply chains
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APA-Obs
06 Jan 2026
The Mekong methamphetamine economy
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CA-Obs
17 Dec 2025
Behind the blockchain: Cryptocurrency and criminal capture in the Central African Republic
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View Profile Ekaterina Stepanova
Head, Peace & Conflict Studies Unit, National Research Institute of World Economy & International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
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Eco feminist and human rights activist, APADIME
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Director of Data and Transparency, Fogo Cruzado Institute
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Director, Custos Advisory
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MENA Senior Analyst, European Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)
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View Profile Romain Le Cour Grandmaison
Director of Haiti and Caribbean Observatory, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
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Executive Director Police Services, Interpol
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View Profile Martin Plaut
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies