WEA-Obs

The implications of the US air strikes in Nigeria

...The US military offensive on Christmas Day in Nigeria – described by President Donald Trump as ‘a powerful and ​deadly strike ‌against ISIS Terrorist Scum’ – may ultimately achieve the opp...

Posted on 09 Jan 2026

Author(s): Kingsley L. Madueke, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

Global Initiative

What are the implications of the US intervention in Venezuela for organized crime?

...If the objective of the US intervention in Venezuela was to reduce the threat posed by organized crime, major challenges still lie ahead. While Operation Absolute Resolve may have successfully removed...

Posted on 06 Jan 2026

APA-Obs

The Mekong methamphetamine economy

The Mekong methamphetamine economy

...One of the most significant assumptions shaping current security narratives in the Mekong region is that Myanmar’s 2021 coup triggered an unprecedented and immediate surge in methamphetamine product...

Posted on 06 Jan 2026

Author(s): Jason Eligh

Global Organized Crime Index

The totoaba trafficking route

...In China’s luxury goods market, swim bladders from the totoaba fish are sold at prices that rival the cost of gold. This extraordinary value has turned the endangered species, found only in Mexicoâ€...

Posted on 22 Dec 2025

Author(s): Jean-Jacques Schwenzfeier

APA-Obs

Minimizing risks of criminal exposure to scam compounds in corporate supply chains

Minimizing risks of criminal exposure to scam compounds in corporate supply chains

...Highly organized cyber fraud in South East Asia is widely run from so-called scam compounds: purpose-built or modified buildings that meet the precise requirements of this criminal industry. These com...

Posted on 19 Dec 2025

Author(s): Lindsey Kennedy, Nathan Paul Southern