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

Análisis de fuentes abiertas sobre detenidos por extorsión en el Triángulo Norte, Costa Rica y Panamá (Enero-Junio 2020)

Extorsión en Centroámerica

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Posted on 28 Aug 2020

SEE-Obs

Illicit Financial Flows in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia – Key drivers and current trends

Illicit Financial Flows in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia

... Understanding and estimating IFFs in Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia is a challenging undertaking, as there is no universally accepted definition or a single indicator that can comprehensivel...

Posted on 27 Aug 2020

Author(s): Tuesday Reitano, Kristina Amerhauser

Gold Watch, APA-Obs, CSA-Obs

Gilded aspirations: Illicit gold flows to India

Gilded aspirations

... India’s socio-economic realities have evolved significantly over the past four decades, particularly as far as attitudes to wealth accumulation are concerned. Gold is today no longer negatively ...

Posted on 20 Aug 2020

Author(s): Prem Mahadevan

Assassination Witness, SA-Obs

Faces of Assassination – The Podcast

... Organized crime is indiscriminate in who it targets. Not only are conflicts between, and within, criminal groups often settle with violence, but the same violence regularly claims the lives of inn...

Posted on 19 Aug 2020

Drug Policy, NAS-Obs

Drug Trafficking and Use in Libya and North Africa

...The trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs both within and through Libya are often overlooked as factors in the country’s fragile situation. But the dynamics of illicit drug trading and use in...

Posted on 14 Aug 2020

Author(s): Matt Herbert

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #10

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 10 July–August 2020 Summary highlights Iranian weapons supplied to the Houthis may end up in Somalia....

Posted on 13 Aug 2020

EUR-Obs

Sanctions: A new UK tool against organized crime?

... New regulations adopted by the UK government will make it easier to sanction individuals and groups involved in human-rights violations and transnational organized crime. But the limited punitive ...

Posted on 10 Aug 2020

Author(s): Alexandre Prezanti