Crime & Conflict, UKR-Obs

The devil’s not-so-new psychoactive substance

Posted on 23 May 2023

Author(s): Ruggero Scaturro

Wildlife Watch, ESA-Obs

Convergence of wildlife crime and other forms of transnational organized crime in Eastern and Southern Africa

Convergence of wildlife crime

...his report describes some of these cases. As wildlife crime increased in seriousness and profitability and evolved into an organized crime type, it developed corrupt support systems and associated illicit financial flows. Reports of its convergence with other forms of organized crime have also grown. Crime convergence occurs when criminal economies, networks and/or trafficking systems mature enough for convergent rel...

Posted on 05 Apr 2023

Author(s): Alastair Nelson

Crime & Conflict

Hezbollah’s helping hand? Organized crime amid Lebanon’s energy crisis

Posted on 24 Feb 2023

Author(s): Laura Adal, Sarah Fares

Global Organized Crime Index, CSA-Obs

The Taliban, terrorism and transnational organized crime

Posted on 20 Feb 2023

Author(s): Arian M Sharifi

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Gideon Ofosu-Peasah

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

... Trafficking of high-caliber firearms is fueling deadly violence in Bawku, northern Ghana. GI-TOC Risk Bulletin 8. Hunter, M., Ofosu-Peasah, G., Kane, M., & Yoboue, K. K. M. (2022). Smuggling and illicit financial flows from extractives in the Mano River Union. Unpublished manuscript. Hunter, M., & Ofosu-Peasah, G. (2022). Smuggling and illicit financial flows from extractives in Liberia. Unpublished manuscript....

Posted on 15 Nov 2022
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Hannes Jansen Van Vuren

Advisor Financial Investigations

... Financial Gains Amassed through Illegal Means: A Basic Guide for Investigators”. Institute of Security Studies. Van Vuren, H. and Goredema, C. (2020). “Understanding Money Laundering and illicit financial flows Second Edition“. Juta. Van Vuren, H. (2018). “Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (ACB) Guidelines for Obtaining, Seizing, Handling and Storing of Electronic and Digital Data Evidence”. Van ...

Posted on 01 Oct 2022
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Gabriela Stanimirova

Associate, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

...igeria and conducted her own research on the gender dimension of familial trafficking of children for sexual exploitation. Her main areas of interest include human trafficking in conflict situations, illicit financial flows and the role of corruption in human smuggling and drug trafficking, among others. Gabriela is passionate about law enforcement cooperation in criminal matters as she spent six months as an open-so...

Posted on 20 Sep 2022

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #12

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...ecades past, it appears that stealing and smuggling babies and even embryos may still be a problem in a number of countries, with characteristics of organized crime. We recently published a report on illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, which follows the publication of a similar assessment in 2020 analyzing key drivers and current trends of IFFs in Albania, Kosovo and North Ma...

Posted on 30 May 2022

SEE-Obs

Anti-corruption conference focuses on enhancing prevention and dialogue

...f integrity.' Participants discussed the roles of the state and civil society in promoting a culture of integrity; in what ways can corruption be prevented; how to strengthen regional cooperation; illicit financial flows in the Western Balkans; the potential for social re-use of criminal assets; and how to address  “organized corruption” – a  symbiosis of organized crime, criminal methods and high-level corru...

Posted on 27 May 2022

Crime & Conflict, Drug Policy, Gold Watch, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #24

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

Posted on 20 Apr 2022

Global Organized Crime Index, MMFU, Wildlife Watch

A moving target

Posted on 14 Mar 2022

Author(s): Steven Broad

Global Initiative

Annual report 2021

Posted on 31 Dec 2021
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