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WEA-Obs

JNIM in Burkina Faso: A strategic criminal actor

JNIM in Burkina Faso

...This report considers Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin’s (JNIM) relationship with illicit economies in Burkina Faso, where it has rapidly become the dominant non-state armed group, and indeed th...

Posted on 29 Aug 2022

Author(s): Eleanor Beevor

06 Sep

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Preventing cybercrime: the role of public-private partnerships

...No one actor has a total view of the cybercrime eco-system but through partnership governments, civil society and the private sector can work together to build a clearer picture of the threat, respond...

Posted on 26 Aug 2022

23 Aug

Global Initiative

Arms trafficking and organized crime

Arms trafficking and organized crime: Global trade, local impacts

...The illicit firearms trade is a threat to sustainable development, peace and security. Its proliferation not only escalates conflict but also facilitates other criminal activities. Exploring the link...

Posted on 23 Aug 2022

Author(s): Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Assassination Witness

The Ripple Effect

... In August 2022, journalist Fredid Román was shot dead in Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico’s Guerrero state. Román was the owner and editor of the news outlet La Realidad en Guerrero, whic...

Posted on 22 Aug 2022

Author(s): Ana Paula Oliveira, Jack Meegan-Vickers

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Data overload: UN negotiations on criminal use of ICT take off

Data overload

...In early 2022, governments at the United Nations began negotiations to draft a global instrument to address cybercrime – or to ‘counter the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs...

Posted on 22 Aug 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker

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Juliana Carlos

PhD Candidate, University of São PauloSociologist, Master In Sociology, Master in Human Righst and Research Methods, PhD Candidate, Working on the Justice field for nearly 10 years. Interests include: criminal justice reform, illicit markets, drug policy, women incarceration and public policy.

...Juliana Carlos is a sociologist, PhD Candidate. She holds a Master of Science in Human Rights and Research Methods by the University of Essex (2014) and a Masters of Arts in Sociology by University of...

Posted on 22 Aug 2022

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Olivia Swaak-Goldman

...Olivia Swaak-Goldman is the executive director of the Wildlife Justice Commission. She has experience in international justice and diplomacy, has published extensively on issues of international crim...

Posted on 19 Aug 2022

Crime & Conflict, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Programa Somos Comunidad, Resilience Fund, AR-Obs

Prevención del crimen y la violencia

...Latinoamérica es la región con más violencia letal del mundo. Los esfuerzos para contener tanto esta como otras violencias se han centrado en las respuestas reactivas y de control de los diversos E...

Posted on 18 Aug 2022

Author(s): Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada, Mariana Botero Restrepo, Felipe Botero Escobar, Mariana Mora Gomez

17 Aug

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

Investigación de flujos financieros ligados a extorsión y crimen organizado

...Analizar los mecanismos de financiamiento del crimen organizado es fundamental para combatir este fenómeno. La extorsión con mayor frecuencia alimenta estas redes criminales. Los resultados de inve...

Posted on 10 Aug 2022

Wildlife Watch, APA-Obs

Asian roulette: Criminogenic casinos and illicit trade in environmental commodities in South East Asia

Asian roulette

...The Asia Pacific region is the largest and fastest-growing market for gambling in the world. The proliferation of physical and online casinos in South East Asia presents criminal entities with a myria...

Posted on 29 Jul 2022

Author(s): Amanda Gore, Lindsey Kennedy, Nathan Paul Southern, Daan van Uhm

MMFU

Media matters: Exposing Environmental Crime

Media matters

...The Global Initiative believes journalists play a vital role in investigating, exposing, and explaining the impacts of environmental crime to the general public. This maps highlights feature, data-dri...

Posted on 28 Jul 2022

Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Out of sight, out of mind: Latin America’s struggle to tackle human trafficking

...Human trafficking is the most pervasive illicit market in the world. In Latin America, the situation is particularly acute. Countries need to work together to respond to this growing threat. The 2021...

Posted on 28 Jul 2022

Author(s): Josefina Salomón

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