CovidCrimeWatch, Drug Policy

Crisis and opportunity: Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on illicit drug markets.

Crisis and opportunity:

... The implications of the coronavirus pandemic for governance and law enforcement will be profound and, from the perspective of illicit drug markets, the global disruption caused by COVID-19 can be see...

Posted on 13 May 2020

Author(s): Jason Eligh

Drug Policy, WEA-Obs

Breaking the vicious cycle: Cocaine politics in Guinea-Bissau

Breaking the vicious cycle:

... With the latest round of political conflict continuing to destabilize the minuscule West African country since late 2019 and early 2020, new evidence (and rumours) has emerged that cocaine is once...

Posted on 11 May 2020

Author(s): Mark Shaw

Drug Policy

Enforcement of drug laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites

... In this first report of this decade, the Global Commission on Drug Policy outlines how the current international drug control regime works for the benefit of transnational organized crime. It highlig...

Posted on 07 May 2020

Crime & Conflict, Crime Terror Nexus, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #7

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa Issue 7 April–May 2020 Summary highlights Insurgent tactics are shifting in Cabo Delgado, following the pat...

Posted on 07 May 2020

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°7

... Since the end of January, countries across the world have introduced a wave of restrictive measures – the so-called ‘lockdowns’ – to contain the spread of the coronavirus, starting with the l...

Posted on 06 May 2020

CovidCrimeWatch

Keeping children safe online during lockdown

... The risk of cyber child exploitation has grown dramatically as populations worldwide are forced to spend more time at home and online. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on internet u...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Author(s): John Carr OBE, David Danelo

CovidCrimeWatch, UN-TOC Watch

Detour on the Road to Kyoto: Making the UN Crime Congress relevant under the shadow of Covid-19

Detour on the Road to Kyoto:

... The world is in a state of crisis. Health systems are under strain, businesses and employees are struggling, and ordinary life for many is simply on hold, or going downhill fast. We are yet to see th...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Author(s): Ian Tennant

SEE-Obs

A filterless environment: Illicit tobacco trade in Kosovo

A filterless environment:

... While much has been written about cigarette smuggling in several countries of the Western Balkans, little is known about the role of Kosovo in this trade. This brief points to gaps in information, ho...

Posted on 30 Apr 2020

Author(s): Fatjona Mejdini

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°6

... Since the last #CovidCrimeWatch newsletter was published, the global death toll of the COVID-19 virus has surpassed 200 000. Although the US daily death toll may have peaked, and a number of European...

Posted on 29 Apr 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

Resilience Fund

Community resilience and COVID-19

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Posted on 29 Apr 2020