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Fiona M Underwood

Statistical consultant and researcher

... Fiona M Underwood is an independent statistical consultant and researcher advising on practical data-driven approaches that inform decision-making on environmental issues and natural resource ...

Posted on 20 Apr 2023

Crime & Conflict, Drug Policy, CSA-Obs

Armed conflict and Organized Crime: The case of Afghanistan

Armed conflict and Organized Crime:

...This paper contributes to research on the relationship between conflict and organized crime (the crime-conflict nexus), using Afghanistan as a case study. For the past four decades, Afghanistan has b...

Posted on 19 Apr 2023

Author(s): Annette Idler, Frederik Florenz, Ajmal Burhanzoi, John Collins, Marcena Hunter, Antônio Sampaio

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Ajmal Burhanzoi

... Ajmal Burhanzoi is a PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Toronto. He has served as an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Afghanistan, where he also mana...

Posted on 19 Apr 2023
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Frederik Florenz

... Frederik Florenz is a DPhil student in International Relations at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. His research focuses on the strategic role of organized crime in US military interven...

Posted on 19 Apr 2023
04 May

UKR-Obs

Briefing on arms trafficking risks in Ukraine and beyond

...Since February 2022, weapons have been entering Ukraine at an extraordinary rate. Although several control mechanisms have been put in place, field research indicates that the rise in untracked, misap...

Posted on 18 Apr 2023

Crime & Conflict, Sustainable Development Goals, UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

Illicit Economies and the UN Security Council

Illicit economies and the UN Security Council

...The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) researches the political economy of organized crime in many countries, including those on the United Nations Security Council’s a...

Posted on 18 Apr 2023

Author(s): Summer Walker

18 May

Wildlife Watch, ESA-Obs

How politics, economics and corruption fuel live great ape trafficking

Empty forests:

...The under-reporting of great apes seized in illegal trade incidents, both nationally and internationally, is flagged as a serious problem in bringing a true appreciation of the great ape trafficking s...

Posted on 18 Apr 2023

Author(s): Daniel Stiles

24 Apr

Gold Watch, ESA-Obs, WEA-Obs

GI-TOC Partner Sessions @OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains 2023

...Main agenda: Session 6 [27 Apr 2023 | 7:45 PM - 9:00 PM]: Roadblocks for responsible gold: how can industry efforts translate into actual results on the ground? Extractives, Crime and Conflic...

Posted on 17 Apr 2023
27 Apr

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Violencia, crimen y prisiones

...El lunes 10 de abril, miembros de la MS-13 tomaron el control total de cuatro cárceles de Honduras después de amenazar al personal administrativo y de seguridad penitenciaria que tuvo que ser evacua...

Posted on 13 Apr 2023

Author(s): Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson

Assassination Witness, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

The business of killing: Assassinations in South Africa

The business of killing

...The 2021 Global Organized Crime Index ranks South Africa as one of the highest-scoring countries in the continent in terms of criminality levels and as the highest-scoring in the southern African regi...

Posted on 12 Apr 2023

Author(s): Rumbidzai Matamba

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Spring forward: States to review part II of draft cybercrime treaty

Spring forward

...In April 2023, the UN ad hoc committee to elaborate a convention on the ‘criminal misuse of information and communications technology’ will meet for its fifth session to discuss the second half of...

Posted on 11 Apr 2023

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

25 Apr

Drug Policy, UN-TOC Watch

Evaluating the 66th Commission on Narcotic Drugs session – A DDH event

...The 66th CND session took place from 13 – 17 March 2023. The CND is the key global decision-making body on drugs. With a resolution adopted on alternative development with unprecedented internat...

Posted on 06 Apr 2023
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