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Global Organized Crime Index

How pandemic measures have eroded democracy in the Western Balkans

...The COVID-19 pandemic has been used opportunistically by leaders in the Western Balkans to increase their powers through measures adopted to contain the spread of the virus. The result is a weakening ...

Posted on 07 Dec 2021

Author(s): Andi Hoxhaj

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Andi Hoxhaj

...Andi Hoxhaj is an early career scholar at the Warwick Law School, University of Warwick and member of the Eutopia European University Young Leaders Academy. He writes on the rule of law, anti-corrup...

Posted on 07 Dec 2021

08 Dec

NAS-Obs, WEA-Obs

Soldiers of fortune: The future of Chadian fighters after the Libyan ceasefire

... Conflict zones are key hubs in the global criminal economy, and nowhere is this correlation more evident than in the Sahel and central Sahara, where the proliferation of armed actors and their...

Posted on 03 Dec 2021

Author(s): Alexandre Bish

MMFU, APA-Obs

Possible perils in promoting traditional Chinese Medicine along the BRI

...China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) includes as one of its components an active push to promote its culture abroad, including traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). But some TCM products and formula...

Posted on 03 Dec 2021

Author(s): Private: Théo Clément

30 Nov

CovidCrimeWatch, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Criminal governance in cities during Covid-19

...This project examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic challenges accompanying it on criminal governance in cities. It analyzes how gangs and other non-state armed groups operating...

Posted on 30 Nov 2021

Author(s): Antônio Sampaio, Kyle Johnson, Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson, Ken Opala, Michael McLaggan

Crime & Conflict, Crime Terror Nexus, Gold Watch, WEA-Obs

West Africa Risk Bulletin #2

Observatory of illicit economies in West Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa Issue 2 November 2021 Summary highlights Chad’s largest goldfield, Kouri Bougoudi, is central to regional stabilization eff...

Posted on 30 Nov 2021

Drug Policy, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

Drug markets in eastern and southern Africa

...Access the data visualization tool here> esa.globalinitiative.net/drugs/ Illegal drug prices are a significant factor in beginning to understand the fundamental characteristics of domestic d...

Posted on 25 Nov 2021

Author(s): Jason Eligh

25 Nov

ENACT, Global Organized Crime Index, ESA-Obs, NAS-Obs, SA-Obs, WEA-Obs

ENACT Organised Crime Index (Africa 2021)

How has organised crime in Africa changed since 2019?

...Criminal networks took advantage of the COVID-19 health crisis, adapting to movement restrictions and new policing priorities, and bypassing institutional controls. As the threat of organised crime co...

Posted on 25 Nov 2021

01 Dec

IASOC

24-hour conference on global organized crime #OC24 2021

...Following on from the success of last year's #OC24 conference, we are pleased to announce the 2021 edition held on 1-2 December 2021. Unlike physical conferences where you can end up sitting through ...

Posted on 24 Nov 2021

UN-TOC Watch, WEA-Obs

Interview with Nigerian vice presidential candidate for INTERPOL, Garba Baba Umar

...INTERPOL, The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC’s) key partner in the ENACT project (Enhancing African Capacity to Combat Transnational Organised Crime) is currently me...

Posted on 23 Nov 2021

Author(s): Emmanuel Mayah

JIED, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development Vol.3 – Issue 2

JIED Vol 3 - Issue 2

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Posted on 23 Nov 2021

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #10

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF mk Македонски sq Shqip sr Srpski Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 10 Oct–Nov 2021 Expand allSummary highlights Balkan countries sco...

Posted on 23 Nov 2021

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