Global Initiative

Snapping back against Iran: The case of the Al Bari 2 and the UN arms embargo

Snapping back against Iran:

...In June 2020, a dhow named Al Bari 2 was seized in the Gulf of Aden by Saudi naval forces while reportedly transporting a consignment of arms from the Persian Gulf to Houthi insurgents in Yemen. The ...

Posted on 30 Nov 2020

Author(s): Jay Bahadur

APA-Obs

Crossing the line: Geopolitics and criminality at the India-Myanmar border

Crossing the line:

...The remote and isolated north-eastern region of India is a classic example of a forgotten frontier. Lying adjacent to Myanmar, it is an insurgency-ridden area with a vibrant smuggling economy that con...

Posted on 27 Nov 2020

Author(s): Prem Mahadevan

Assassination Witness, CAM-Obs

Julio Valdivia: Writing trapped in a lawless hell

... Julio Valdivia was worried; more than ever before. He tripled his meals and the noises of cars outside his house woke him up. The agony lasted three days. Then he was killed. Julio Valdivia was worr...

Posted on 25 Nov 2020

Drug Policy

The changing business of cannabis

...The legalization of cannabis markets in several countries provides a natural experiment to test how illicit economies and organized crime may adapt to the regulatory changes. Cannabis laws around the...

Posted on 20 Nov 2020

Author(s): John Collins

UN-TOC Watch, APA-Obs

Boosting civil society capacity to engage on UN organized crime issues in Asia

...During the week of 9th November, GI-TOC partnered with UNODC in our third regional training workshop for civil society interested in engaging in the Review Mechanism of the UN Convention Against T...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020

Author(s): Louise Taylor, Ian Tennant

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

Coaliciones por la Resiliencia: The Podcast

... In some countries of Central America, extortion has become so endemic that it is now a part of the daily life of citizens, businesses and governments. Pervasive impunity and weakness of ...

Posted on 18 Nov 2020

Author(s): Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada, Ana Castro

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #13

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa Issue 13 Oct–Nov 2020 Summary highlights The use of gangs by politicians in election campaigns in Mombasa i...

Posted on 18 Nov 2020

NAS-Obs

Migration Trends Across the Mediterranean: Piecing Together the Shifting Dynamics

Migration Trends Across the Mediterranean

...This study represents a huge effort to track the shifting patterns of migration through the Mediterranean by analysing how the dynamics along the Central and Western Mediterranean routes have changed ...

Posted on 17 Nov 2020

Author(s): Arezo Malakooti, Chiara Fall