Drug Policy, Global Organized Crime Index, APA-Obs

Oceania’s spike in synthetic drug markets

...oduce methamphetamines, which are exported by triads to Australia and New Zealand.  China is also the main supplier of precursors to the Mexican cartels. Latin American cartels, particularly from Mexico, dominate the cocaine supply chain to Australia and New Zealand. However, the same cartels have also developed relationships with Asian syndicates and chemical companies based in China that sell the ...

Posted on 21 Jun 2024

Author(s): Virginia Comolli

UN Cyberwatch

A dream deferred or a near miss? UN committee postpones decision on cybercrime convention

... a more relaxed atmosphere in the room after two weeks of intense talks. After hearing outstanding statements from member states on chapters 5–9 in the morning meeting – including a proposal from Mexico to increase to 60 the number of member state signatures required for the convention to enter into force – the AHC agreed to suspend the session and postpone the final decision. As the secretaria...

Posted on 15 Feb 2024

Author(s): Darren Brookbanks, Ana Paula Oliveira

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Resilience Fund

‘We just want to find our children’

‘We just want to find our children’

...People from all walks of life have disappeared during Mexico’s so-called ‘war on drugs’; many others become victims of the growing global human trafficking industry; migrants go missing as they travel to seek a better life elsewhere, often displaced by c...

Posted on 14 Feb 2024

Author(s): Radha Barooah, Ana Paula Oliveira, Siria Gastelum Felix

#GIDisappearances, Assassination Witness, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Resilience Fund

Hacer periodismo en la soledad

Posted on 13 Feb 2024

Drug Policy, WEA-Obs

New approaches to regulating drugs in West Africa: Exploring the impact of Ghana’s drug policy reform

New approaches to regulating drugs in West Africa:

...s prohibitionist drug policy, Africa and other regions are experiencing a shift, particularly after the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS 2016) on the global drug problem. Nations including Mexico, the Czech Republic, and Portugal are experimenting with alternatives beyond prohibition, while the call for a public health approach is garnering momentum– albeit implementation varies significant...

Posted on 31 Jan 2024

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria, Maria-Goretti Ane, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

WEA-Obs

2023 West Africa Organised Crime Resilience Framework

2023 West Africa Organised Crime Resilience Framework

.... The second explores the proliferation of self-defence and vigilante groups in West Africa, identified as both a threat and a source of resilience by different actors, drawing from the experience in Mexico – a country with a long history of armed groups forming in response to crime and insecurity. Finally, we study one of the most crucial challenges of our time: climate change. The third deep dive pr...

Posted on 28 Nov 2023

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

North America Strategic Platform on Organized Crime, Resilience Fund

Impact of environmental crime on indigenous women

Impact of environmental crime on indigenous women

...nd environmental crime on women from rural and indigenous communities presents case studies from four forest ecosystems: the Arajuno forests of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Sierra Tarahumara forests in Mexico, the Yabassi forests in Cameroon and the rainforests of North Sumatra in Indonesia. The findings show that while local indigenous communities rally to defend their territories against extractive oper...

Posted on 31 Oct 2023

Author(s): Faith Ngum, Radha Barooah