Eco-Solve, Global Organized Crime Index

Can exposure reporting disrupt organized environmental crime?

...In 2018, Australian photographer Adrian Steirn’s exposure of the illegal ivory trade in Zimbabwe, published through the Al Jazeera media network, prompted Zimbabwe to launch an investigation into th...

Posted on 14 Mar 2024

Author(s): Kristina Amerhauser

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Fedir Sydoruk

Global Initiative Representative in Ukraine, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

... Fedir (Fred) Sydoruk is the GI-TOC field coordinator in its Ukrainian observatory. He has worked in investigative reporting for 20 years, concentrating on high-scale corruption and illicit activity....

Posted on 13 Mar 2024

ENACT

Concentrations of violence

Concentrations of violence

...This report, authored by Julia Stanyard, was originally published at enactafrica.org This paper provides insight and practical recommendations for policymakers and civil society in Cape Tow...

Posted on 08 Mar 2024

Author(s): Julia Stanyard

Crime & Conflict, Crime Terror Nexus, WEA-Obs

Hostage to violent extremism: Kidnapping in northern Benin

Hostage to violent extremism

...Kidnappings in northern Benin surged in 2022 as violent extremist organisations (VEOs) intensified their southwards spread from the Sahel. By the end of November 2023, northern Benin had experienced a...

Posted on 07 Mar 2024

Author(s): Flore Berger, Lyes Tagziria, Abdel Aziz Mossi

14 Mar

Drug Policy, ESACD, UN-TOC Watch

The Global Initiative at the 67th CND

...From 14 to 22 March 2024, representatives of UN member states, international organizations and civil society will gather in Vienna – and in virtual events – for the annual UN Commission on Narcoti...

Posted on 05 Mar 2024
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Patrick Gnonsekan

...Patrick Gnonsekan specializes in the resilience dynamics of communities confronting the destabilizing effects of illicit economies, conflicts, and instability....

Posted on 05 Mar 2024
23 Apr

Crime & Conflict, WEA-Obs

Community resilience to violent extremism and illicit economies

Community resilience to violent extremism and illicit economies

...Since 2019 and 2020 respectively, the northern parts of Benin and Côte d'Ivoire have been facing growing security challenges posed by the expansion of violent extremist groups. These conflict dynamic...

Posted on 05 Mar 2024

Author(s): Flore Berger, Mouhamadou Kane, Patrick Gnonsekan

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Edgardo Sandoval Ramsey

Central America Regional Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Edgardo Sandoval Ramsey is a seasoned Lawyer, public policy expert, and partnership specialist with over 15 years of distinguished experience in international development, human rights advocacy, and p...

Posted on 05 Mar 2024

APA-Obs

Rogue replicants: Criminal exploitation of deepfakes in South East Asia

...In December 2023, videos of Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister of Singapore, and Lawrence Wong, the deputy prime minister, were circulated online to promote crypto and investment products. These images t...

Posted on 29 Feb 2024

Author(s): Natnicha Surasit

Crime & Conflict, Global Organized Crime Index, APA-Obs

Organized crime on the rise in Myanmar as resilience wanes

...1 February 2024 marked the third anniversary of the coup in Myanmar. Although there is much geopolitical tension and conflict at the moment occupying people’s minds, with developments in the Middle ...

Posted on 26 Feb 2024

Author(s): Louise Taylor

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Katherine Pettus

Senior Advocacy Director, International Hospice and Palliative Care

...Katherine Pettus holds a PhD in political theory from Columbia University, and a master’s in health law and policy from the University of California San Diego. As senior advocacy director for the In...

Posted on 23 Feb 2024

EUR-Obs

The industrialization of cross-channel migrant smuggling

Small boats, big business

...As of January 2024, over 100 000 people had crossed the English Channel using small boats since 2018. The current peak came in 2022, when over 45 000 people were detected arriving in the UK illegally ...

Posted on 22 Feb 2024
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