EUR-Obs

Downfall

...Yevgeny Prigozhin’s story is one of stark transformation – from prisoner to one of Russia’s wealthiest and most influential power players. Quietly amassing a sprawling business empire under Vlad...

Posted on 06 Nov 2024

Author(s): Mark Shaw

Drug Policy

Highly potent synthetic opioids are already in Europe’s drug supply chains

...In defiance of expectations, Afghanistan’s ban on opium in 2022 appears not to have yet affected the European heroin trade, which shows a high level of stability and reportedly abundant stockpiles. ...

Posted on 05 Nov 2024

Author(s): Daniel Brombacher, Ruggero Scaturro

HT-Obs

Violence and Resilience in Haiti: Risk Bulletin #2

Observatory of Violence and Resilience in Haiti

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Click here to view the Global Organized Crime Index fr Français Observatory of Violence and Resilience in Haiti Issue 2 November 2024 Summary highlights Gangs’ expansion ...

Posted on 05 Nov 2024

UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Can the UNTOC work without civil society’s active involvement?

...Nearly a quarter of a century after the adoption of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in 2000, the fruits of its labour are not readily apparent – transnati...

Posted on 04 Nov 2024

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Crime & Conflict, Geocriminality, Sanctions and organized crime

Iran’s criminal statecraft: How Tehran weaponizes illicit markets

Iran's criminal statecraft

...Over the past decade, Iran has turned to criminal markets as a strategic tool to pursue its geopolitical goals. Isolated by international sanctions, Iran has forged extensive ties with criminal networ...

Posted on 30 Oct 2024

Author(s): J.R. Mailey

Global Organized Crime Index

The spoils of crime: Returning profit from crime to society

...Profit and power drive organized crime groups. Whether operating cocaine routes through Belgium or the Netherlands, trafficking arms and ammunitions in the Western Balkans, or smuggling humans across ...

Posted on 29 Oct 2024

Author(s): Chiara Gentili

Global Initiative

Narcas

...Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is a name that stands out in the world of organized crime, on par with figures such as Al Capone and Pablo Escobar. But during El Chapo’s trial in 2018–2019, one wo...

Posted on 29 Oct 2024

Author(s): Mark Shaw

Drug Policy, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

After the war on drugs: The impacts of cocaine and cannabis regulation in Rio de Janeiro

After the war on drugs:

...What would the consequences of the potential cocaine and cannabis regulation in Rio de Janeiro be? This report dives into analyzing these potential impacts in a city long plagued by violence linked to...

Posted on 28 Oct 2024

Author(s): Carolina Christoph Grillo