HT-Obs

From criminal governance to community fragmentation: Addressing Haiti’s escalating crisis

From criminal governance to community fragmentation:

...Haiti is undergoing a profound transformation of its crisis, marked by the consolidation of criminal governance, violent territorial fragmentation, and the erosion of state authority. This policy brie...

Posted on 18 Sep 2025
25 Sep

Crime & Conflict, Crime & Terrorism, UN-TOC Watch

GI-TOC at UNGA80

...The UN General Assembly High-level Week takes place between 23 September and 29 September in New York, at a time of unprecedented challenges for peace and security, as well as ongoing UN funding crise...

Posted on 17 Sep 2025
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Alexandra Steinhoff

Associate, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Alexandra is a Short Term Associate with the Multilateral Engagement Team at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and has previous experience in policy-oriented research. She is...

Posted on 16 Sep 2025

UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

A happy birthday? As member states prepare for the next Crime Congress, delegates should take stock of the shortcomings of the UNTOC

...The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), adopted in 2000, turns 25 this year. To mark this milestone, the Transnational Criminal Law Review published a special issu...

Posted on 16 Sep 2025

Author(s): Darren Brookbanks, Alexandra Steinhoff

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Mina Chiang

Founder and Director, Humanity Research Consultancy

...Mina Chiang is a sought-after expert in combating human trafficking and modern slavery, especially for her work in combating slavery in the scamming compounds in Southeast Asia, ending forced labour i...

Posted on 16 Sep 2025
11 Sep

SEE-Obs

Integrity and independence of the judiciary and anti-corruption bodies in the Western Balkans

Integrity and independence of the judiciary and anti-corruption bodies in the Western Balkans

...The credibility of democratic institutions in the Western Balkans rests on the independence of the judiciary and the effectiveness of anti-corruption bodies. This report provides an in-depth assessmen...

Posted on 11 Sep 2025

Author(s): Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic, Ioannis Vlassis

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Benedikt Strunz

Editor / Reporter at Norddeutscher Rundfunk

...Benedikt Strunz is an investigative journalist and researcher. His work has focused on cocaine trafficking and smuggling, (cash) money laundering, tax evasion, sanctions violations, hawala banking, hi...

Posted on 10 Sep 2025
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Henry Harbottle

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Henry Harbottle joined the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime in July 2024 as an Intern and later as an Analyst in September 2025, working on a part-time basis in the intermediary...

Posted on 09 Sep 2025
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Patrick Phongsathorn

Senior Advocacy Specialist, Fortify Rights

...Patrick Phongsathorn is the Senior Advocacy Specialist at Fortify Rights, a non-profit organization that works to defend human rights for all....

Posted on 09 Sep 2025

APA-Obs

Shutting out the light: The voice of civil society is being stifled in the Mekong region

...The rise of global autocracy threatens liberties everywhere, undermining the very institutional principles that hold government to account in democratic societies. Across the Mekong region, government...

Posted on 09 Sep 2025

Author(s): Patrick Phongsathorn, Ioannis Vlassis

HT-Obs

Guns for hire: Should private military companies take on organized crime?

...In March 2025, the Haitian government hired Vectus Global, a private military company (PMC) led by Erik Prince, the founder of US-based PMC Blackwater, to support the public forces in combating crimin...

Posted on 08 Sep 2025

Author(s): Walter Kemp, Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison

Cities & Illicit Economies, SA-Obs

Western Cape gang monitor – Issue 6

Western Cape gang monitor

...In the past quarter, South Africa has faced national-level scandals relating to policing, corruption and organized crime. At the provincial level in the Western Cape, things have been no less turbulen...

Posted on 08 Sep 2025
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