CA-Obs

Uprooting Cameroon’s elite timber networks

Uprooting Cameroon's elite timber networks

...Forest cover loss hit a record high in Cameroon in 2023, as more than 200 000 hectares disappeared that year, equating to roughly one football pitch every two minutes. This report investigates the pri...

Posted on 22 May 2026

Eco-Solve

Observing, learning and restoring: Community responses to environmental crime

...Observing, learning and restoring...

Posted on 21 May 2026

APA-Obs, EUR-Obs

Chasing Ireland’s ‘pot of gold’: How illicit brokers profit from Vietnamese migration routes

...Pham’s* journey from Vietnam to Europe began in debt. After selling her business and borrowing thousands from loan sharks, she contacted a môi giới, or broker, to take care of the logistics. For...

Posted on 20 May 2026

Author(s): Giulia D’Amico, Peter Smith

APA-Obs

China-linked scam operations pivot to Africa, presenting new challenges for at-risk countries

...In April, the Chinese Embassy in Madagascar issued a public statement warning people about the risk of being tricked into forced labour in online scam operations in the country. The announcement follo...

Posted on 19 May 2026

Author(s): Jason G Tower

APA-Obs

Turning the tide together: Confronting the Pacific methamphetamine crisis

Turning the tide together

...The Pacific is facing a rapidly escalating methamphetamine crisis with growing implications for public health, community safety and regional security. A new policy paper published by the Pacific Secu...

Posted on 15 May 2026

Author(s): Virginia Comolli, Nicholas Thomson

NAS-Obs, SEE-Obs

A smuggling route reawakens: Movement surges between eastern Libya and Crete

...Over the course of two days in mid-April, Greek authorities rescued more than 300 migrants off the coast of Crete, highlighting the growing resurgence of a long-dormant smuggling corridor between east...

Posted on 14 May 2026

Author(s): Fatjona Mejdini, Matt Herbert

WEA-Obs

Coordinated attacks in Mali shift territorial control and realign illicit economies

...In the early hours of 25 April, Mali experienced arguably its most consequential security shock since 2012, when an offensive in the north sparked the 14 years of conflict that have since engulfed the...

Posted on 08 May 2026

Global Organized Crime Index, ESA-Obs

How counterfeit agricultural products are harming Uganda’s economy

...Counterfeit agricultural products, from fake seeds and adulterated fertilizers to unregistered chemicals and vaccines, are one of Uganda’s most damaging yet underacknowledged economic challenges. Th...

Posted on 07 May 2026

Author(s): Julius Kaka