POLICY BRIEF
Unregulated fentanyl in North America
A trilateral perspective
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Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, AMA-Obs
State of denial?
Organized crime is driving a deadly surge in violence in Brazil, taking advantage of public security failures
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SEE-Obs
Washing away crime
Money laundering in the Western Balkans
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Sanctions and organized crime
New targets, old tools
The G7 ups momentum around the use of sanctions against migrant smugglers and human traffickers
SEE-Obs, WEA-Obs
Under the radar
Western Balkans’ cocaine operations in West Africa
North America Strategic Platform on Organized Crime, UN-TOC Watch, HT-Obs
Armed instability: Tackling the nexus between arms proliferation and organized crime
ATT CSP 11 SIDE EVENT
APA-Obs
Sex creation in the digital era
Beneath the growing profession of online sex creation is a world of criminal exploitation.
ECO-SOLVE Amplifying Grants
Implementing innovative solutions to environmental crime
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 Initiative
04 Sep 2025
Unregulated fentanyl in North America: A trilateral perspective
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WEA-Obs
29 Aug 2025
What do two recent incidents reveal about Guinea-Bissau’s cocaine politics?
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EAS-Obs
28 Aug 2025
High-level corruption and state capture in the South Caucasus
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SEE-Obs, WEA-Obs
25 Aug 2025
Under the radar: Western Balkans’ cocaine operations in West Africa
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North America Strategic Platform on Organized Crime, UN-TOC Watch, HT-Obs
22 Aug 2025
Armed instability: Tackling the nexus between arms proliferation and organized crime
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APA-Obs
19 Aug 2025
The business of exploitation: The economics of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia
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EAS-Obs
13 Aug 2025
Den of thieves: Mapping organized crime in the South Caucasus
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Global Strategy, SEE-Obs
06 Aug 2025
Danger ahead? Scenarios for the future of organized crime in the Western Balkans
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ESA-Obs
30 Jul 2025
Mapping organized criminal economies in East and Southern Africa
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WEA-Obs
29 Jul 2025
Cattle rustling and insecurity: in the tri-border area between Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
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SEE-Obs
28 Jul 2025
Violent extremism and organized crime: Thematic series
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APA-Obs
22 Jul 2025
Railroad to extinction
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View Profile Mary Alice Young
Researcher and Lecturer in Law, Bristol Law School, University of the West of England
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View Profile Bindu Sharma
Managing Director, Asia Pacific, International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children
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View Profile David Tyree
Resident Agent in Charge, United States Drug Enforcement Administration
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View Profile Daniel Howden
Managing Director, Lighthouse Reports
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View Profile Billy Kyte
Research, campaigns and strategy consultant on natural resource governance, business and human rights, environment
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Chief Operating Officer, Partnership on AI
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View Profile Dr. Juan Manuel Aguilar Antonio
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, North America Research Center
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View Profile Ludmila Quirós
Researcher, Center for Studies on Transnational Organized Crime (CeCOT), IRI, UNLP.
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View Profile Camino Kavanagh
Visiting Fellow at King’s College London
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View Profile Amanda Rude
Environmental Law Advisor