Assassination Witness

Fragile investigations on criminal assassinations perpetuate impunity

... Commissioning contract killings remains a common way of silencing those who fight against organized crime. Although the hitmen involved may be prosecuted, the masterminds behind the murder often wal...

Posted on 05 Feb 2021

Author(s): Ana Paula Oliveira

RESPECT

Combating human trafficking: Trends and gaps in the corporate partnership landscape

...WEBINAR: Partnering on anti-trafficking: The key to successful corporate collaboration The past decade has seen a growing number of regulatory frameworks directed at tackling human trafficking. Under...

Posted on 25 Jan 2021

Author(s): Thi Hoang

Global Initiative

Imprisonment for defamation seeks to silence investigative journalism in Niger

...The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) joins calls of support to journalist Moussa Aksar in his court case following a major investigation on corruption in Niger’s defe...

Posted on 25 Jan 2021

Author(s): Alexandre Bish

Drug Policy, JIED

How can we end the War on Drugs?

...“Decades ago, the Thai royal family effectively decided that illicit drug production was a long-term policy development issue, and that they would therefore treat it as such.  They would not just g...

Posted on 22 Jan 2021

Author(s): John Collins

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #4

Civil Society Observatory to counter organized crime in South Eastern Europe

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF sr Srpski Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 6 January–February 2021 Summary highlights Vranje, an emerging criminal hotspot. Since 2019, the n...

Posted on 22 Jan 2021

WEA-Obs

The Seidi Bá cocaine trial: A smokescreen for impunity?

The Seidi Bá cocaine trial

...Do recent criminal justice developments in Guinea Bissau point to a return to impunity for players in the country’s cocaine economy? The trial of Braima Seidi Bá – a cocaine kingpin – grants i...

Posted on 20 Jan 2021