EUR-Obs

Why steal a masterpiece you can’t sell?

...A year on from the Louvre heist, Europe is experiencing its worst wave of museum thefts in a decade. But why target items with no clear path to profit? The sun had not yet risen when two thieves brok...

Posted on 19 Oct 2026

EUR-Obs

Kinship and crime: Arabic-speaking criminal networks in Germany

Kinship and crime

...This report maps two interconnected fields of transnational crime linking Germany to the Middle East: long-established Mardin-origin clans and newer Syrian formations that gained visibility after 2015...

Posted on 19 Oct 2026

Author(s): Dr. Mahmoud Jaraba

Global Initiative

A Decisive Test for Police Reform

...Police systems the world over face a common dilemma: how to preserve strong local relationships and accountability while building the capacity to tackle criminal threats that cross jurisdictions. The ...

Posted on 16 Oct 2026

Author(s): Cathy Haenlein

Eco-Solve

Addressing environmental crime through community action

Addressing environmental crime through community action

...Environmental crime has become one of the fastest-growing forms of organized crime worldwide. Illegal mining and logging, wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing, and waste dumping generate enormous pro...

Posted on 16 Oct 2026

Author(s): Laura Avila Rivera

CSA-Obs

Iran’s illicit economies after six months of war

...After the three-month internet blackout imposed following the ​​​​​​US–Israeli strike that killed Ayatollah Khamenei in February, Iran emerged a fundamentally different regime. It had le...

Posted on 09 Oct 2026

Author(s): Paddy Ginn, Ramin Farrokhi

EAS-Obs

Corruption and organized crime in Moldova

Caught in transit

...Criminal actors in Moldova no longer obtain political protection, and the state constrains its criminal markets more effectively than at any point since the country’s independence. But the current r...

Posted on 08 Oct 2026

Author(s): Liam O’Shea

NAM-Obs

Fentanyl and synthetic drugs monitor

Fentanyl and synthetic drugs monitor

...Fentanyl and synthetic drugs monitor ...

Posted on 07 Oct 2026

Author(s): Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Jason Eligh

UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Will the Crime Congress declaration prove to be more than words on paper?

...The 15th UN Crime Congress opened on Saturday, 26 September, in Abu Dhabi with the adoption of its declaration. Following a lengthy negotiation process, which began in 2025 and concluded in July 2026,...

Posted on 07 Oct 2026

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Sophia Schärer