Government, development & state fragility Archives

Gold Watch, WEA-Obs

Beyond blood: Gold, conflict and criminality in West Africa

Beyond blood

...While gold is often referred to as a blood mineral due to its role in conflict financing, the relationship between the gold sector, instability and violence is far more nuanced, with complex regional ...

Posted on 28 Nov 2022

Author(s): Marcena Hunter

24 Nov

MMFU

Online illegal wildlife trade: New policy tools to invigorate responses

...The online illegal wildlife trade is a global problem that presents serious challenges to those seeking to enforce wildlife laws, reduce demand for illegal wildlife or regulate safe online spaces. ...

Posted on 21 Nov 2022

Author(s): Alastair Macbeath

23 Nov

MMFU

International cooperation to counter wildlife trafficking: Challenges and best practices

...The illegal wildlife trade spans geographical regions from source countries to consumption markets making it an inherently global problem demanding global solutions. International enforcement cooperat...

Posted on 21 Nov 2022

Author(s): Alastair Macbeath

Gold Watch, ESA-Obs

Combating illicit gold markets in eastern and southern Africa

...Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in eastern and southern Africa provides economic opportunities to a wide range of actors that cuts across the formal, informal and illicit spheres. ASGM c...

Posted on 18 Nov 2022

Author(s): Marcena Hunter

23 Nov

Extortion in Central America, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Seguridad y gobernanza en Centroamérica

...Los procesos electorales en la región hacen necesario analizar la agenda de seguridad y los resultados esperados por la ciudadanía. La normalización del estado de excepción en El Salvador, el rep...

Posted on 17 Nov 2022

APA-Obs

Pillagers in paradise: The trafficking dynamics of the Palawan pangolin

Pillagers in paradise

...In recent years, several studies have raised alarm at the illicit trade pressure on the Philippines’ endemic pangolin species – the Palawan pangolin. Between 2018 and 2019, seizures of Palawan pan...

Posted on 17 Nov 2022

Author(s): Alastair Macbeath, Simone Haysom, Emerson Sy

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Emerson Sy

Independent Analyst

...Emerson Sy is an independent analyst with over 20 years’ experience in wildlife trade research in the Philippines. He has worked as a consultant for TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, the Katala Foundation, th...

Posted on 17 Nov 2022

UN-TOC Watch

The role of Africa and civil society at UNTOC CoP

...The 11th Conference of Parties (CoP) to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto (UNTOC) took place in Vienna (and online) from 17 to 21 October 2022. Alongsi...

Posted on 16 Nov 2022

Author(s): Cheick Imad Coulibaly

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Gideon Ofosu-Peasah

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

... Gideon Ofosu-Peasah is an Energy Economist, a Minerals Analyst and a Climate Finance Specialist. He worked for GITOC as a Consultant from February 2021 and transitioned to a full-time role in Octo...

Posted on 15 Nov 2022

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Cheick Imad Coulibaly

...Currently attending the London School of Economics and Political Science, Cheick also holds an LL.B Law degree from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in Security Studies from the University Coll...

Posted on 14 Nov 2022

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Sophy Kohler

Senior Editor, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Sophy Kohler is senior editor at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). She has worked as a freelance writer and editor since 2007, with publications in the South Africa...

Posted on 11 Nov 2022

MMFU, APA-Obs

Online illegal trade in highly endangered parrots in Indonesia

...The illegal bird trade in Indonesia is a long-standing problem involving organized networks that buy trapped birds and transport them to buyers in Indonesian cities and abroad, despite strong legal pr...

Posted on 11 Nov 2022

Author(s): Wahyu Nurbandi

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