Global Organized Crime Index

A shifting landscape?

...In June 2023, the results of the general elections in Guatemala took most of the country by surprise. The outcome of the upcoming run-off election on 20 August could change the country’s political l...

Posted on 11 Aug 2023

Author(s): Ana Castro

Drug Policy, ESACD

A sea change in drug policy (Mauritius, 10-11 August 2023)

A sea change in drug policy

...Many countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are increasingly becoming pivotal transit hubs and destination points in the illicit drug trade, due in part to their strategic locations along main shipp...

Posted on 11 Aug 2023

Crime & Conflict, WEA-Obs

West Africa Risk Bulletin #8

Observatory of illicit economies in West Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa Issue 8 August 2023 Summary highlights In the wake of the Sudan conflict, fuel and arms smuggling spike in Chad and the broad...

Posted on 08 Aug 2023

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Programa Somos Comunidad, AR-Obs

El camino de la Paz Total

El camino de la Paz Total

...La Paz Total es una visión política que guía parte de las decisiones y estrategias del Estado colombiano. Es el eje principal de las transformaciones que se propone el Gobierno actual para garantiz...

Posted on 07 Aug 2023

SEE-Obs, UKR-Obs

Fuel to the fire: Impact of the Ukraine war on fuel smuggling in South Eastern Europe

Fuel to the fire

...Fuel smuggling is the illegal transport, sale or purchase of petroleum products such as crude oil, petrol, diesel and other refined petroleum products. It has been a persistent illicit trade in the Ba...

Posted on 07 Aug 2023

Author(s): Sasa Djordjevic

Global Initiative

Annual report 2022

Annual report

...How organizations deal with crisis says a lot about their agility and resilience. By early 2022, the GI-TOC had largely emerged from one devastating global crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, only to find ...

Posted on 28 Jul 2023

Global Organized Crime Index, APA-Obs

First Responders: The role of civil society in Pacific Island countries

...According to the 2021 Global Organized Crime Index, Oceania has among the highest regional levels of resilience to organized crime in the world. However, once Australia and New Zealand are removed fro...

Posted on 28 Jul 2023

Author(s): Virginia Comolli