Private Sector

Suspicious activities: How dirty money is moved around the financial system

...Leaked financial documents reveal that some of the world's biggest banks are allowing money-laundering transactions to be carried out by criminals. And governments are aware it is happening on their w...

Posted on 10 Nov 2020

Author(s): Gabriel Moberg

Drug Policy

Drug Policies and Development: Conflict and Coexistence

...The first online presentation of the International Development Policy Journal's 12th thematic issue "Drug Policies and Development: Conflict and Coexistence" took place on November 4, 2020, co-organiz...

Posted on 09 Nov 2020

Author(s): John Collins, Tuesday Reitano

ESA-Obs

A city under siege: Gang violence and criminal governance in Nelson Mandela Bay

A city under siege

...The COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa, which began in late March 2020, has had some impact on quelling levels of violence in the city. But it did continue, and unless a clear set of policy and policin...

Posted on 05 Nov 2020

Author(s): Kim Thomas, Mark Shaw, Mark Ronan

Drug Policy

Drug Policy Reform: Opportunity or a Threat to International Security?

...As part of Geneva Peace Week 2020, we have assembled an illustrious panel to debate the relationship between drug policy and international security....

Posted on 03 Nov 2020

Author(s): Tuesday Reitano, Ruth Dreifuss

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #2

Civil Society Observatory to counter organized crime in South Eastern Europe

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 2 October–November 2020 Summary highlights Busted Albanian cocaine network run from prison in Ecuador. On 17...

Posted on 02 Nov 2020

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Posted on 01 Nov 2020

Extortion in Central America, CAM-Obs

Extorsión En Centroamérica: Una Cultura Criminal – Casos de estudio

Extorsión En Centroamérica: Una Cultura Criminal

...In September 2019, to document local initiatives against extortion in Central America, the Coalitions for resilience project launched a call for papers for the Network of experts against extortion. As...

Posted on 29 Oct 2020

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

Gangs in lockdown – Impact of Covid-19 restrictions on gangs in east and southern Africa

Gangs in lockdown

...As the coronavirus pandemic began to infiltrate East and southern Africa, authorities across the region imposed unprecedented restrictions on the movement and freedoms of their citizens. As many obse...

Posted on 28 Oct 2020

Author(s): Julia Stanyard

JIED

Dr. John Collins: The Economics of Drug-trafficking

...On Tuesday the 27th of October, Room for Discussion had the honour to receive Dr. John Collins, Director of Academic Engagement at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime....

Posted on 27 Oct 2020

Author(s): John Collins