Latinoamérica y el Caribe, North America Strategic Platform on Organized Crime, HT-Obs

Haiti’s gang crisis and international responses

Haiti's gang crisis and international responses

...Over the course of 2023 and early 2024, security has continued to deteriorate alarmingly in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, and in rural areas in the center and south of the country. The Haitian c...

Posted on 12 Feb 2024

Author(s): Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison, Ana Paula Oliveira, Matt Herbert

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Brandon Davis

Associate, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Brandon joined the GI as an Associate in February 2024. He is currently pursuing his Masters degree in Criminology, Law and Society at the University of Cape Town. During his studies, he has been p...

Posted on 08 Feb 2024
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Laura Avila Rivera

Grants Liaison, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Laura Avila serves as a Grants Liaison at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, where she coordinates, engages, and manages community engagement and grants for GI-TOC, focusing ...

Posted on 06 Feb 2024
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Kevin Montesdeoca Rodríguez

Associate, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Kevin joined the Global Initiative in January 2024 as a Consultant in Ecuador. He has played prominent roles in programme management within non-governmental organisations and multilateral entities. Cu...

Posted on 06 Feb 2024
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Galo Almeida

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Galo joined GI-TOC as a consultant in January 2024. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing programs and projects related to social inclusion, poverty, health, and transportation in ...

Posted on 06 Feb 2024

Drug Policy, ESA-Obs

Cannabis policy reform and organized crime: A model and review for South Africa

Cannabis policy reform and organized crime

...Cannabis legalization has the potential to weaken organized crime, but it can just as easily strengthen it unless a balance is found between restriction and liberalization, coordinated across both the...

Posted on 06 Feb 2024

Author(s): Dr Anine Kriegler

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Dr Anine Kriegler

Senior Researcher, Institute for Security Studies

...Dr Anine Kriegler is a senior researcher in the Justice and Violence Prevention programme of the Institute for Security Studies, South Africa....

Posted on 05 Feb 2024

HT-Obs

Kenya’s High Court blocks proposal to send police support to Haiti

...It’s back to the drawing board for Kenyan authorities after the High Court on 26 January overturned President Ruto’s proposed deployment of police personnel to fight gangs in Haiti. The court deci...

Posted on 05 Feb 2024

Author(s): Ken Opala

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Adré Groenewald

Head of Programme Management, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

... Adré, our Head of Programme Management, brings extensive experience in overseeing different projects funded by a variety of donors. Notably, she possesses comprehensive knowledge of EU-funded...

Posted on 05 Feb 2024
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Isabel Diaz

Project Assistant, Resilience Fund, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

... Isabel is a Spanish-Brazilian professional based in Paris. She joined the Resilience Fund after concluding her Master's Capstone Project with the Global Initiative, which centered on Community Res...

Posted on 05 Feb 2024
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Edson Cortez

Director of the Public Integrity Centre (CIP)

...Edson Cortez holds a doctorate in Economic Anthropology from the Institute of Social Sciences in the University of Lisbon, where he wrote his thesis entitled: Velhos Amigos, Novos Adversários, as dis...

Posted on 05 Feb 2024

Assassination Witness, Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, AR-Obs

The road to chaos in Ecuador

Organized crime declares war

...For years, Ecuador enjoyed a relative degree of peace, as its neighbours, Colombia and Peru, were wrangling with internal conflicts as chief protagonists in the international supply of cocaine. Howeve...

Posted on 02 Feb 2024

Author(s): Felipe Botero Escobar

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