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Nadia Schwartz Rivero

...Nadia joined the GI-TOC team in May 2024 and is an associate within the Academic Engagement Team. She holds an HBSc in psychology and history from the University of Toronto, and she is currently doing...

Posted on 15 May 2024

Extortion in Central America, CAM-Obs

Manual de acción para la resiliencia comunitaria

...En el corazón de Centroamérica, las comunidades de Guatemala, El Salvador y Honduras enfrentan un desafío persistente: la extorsión. Este flagelo, alimentado por la violencia y la inseguridad, afe...

Posted on 13 May 2024

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Robert Austin

Associate Director, Professor, Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

... Robert C. Austin (PhD University of Toronto) is a specialist on East Central and Southeastern Europe in historic and contemporary perspective. In the past, Austin was a Tirana-based corres...

Posted on 13 May 2024

APA-Obs

China’s new model of global governance and its impact on the fight against organized crime

A changing landscape

...Under the concept of Community of Common Destiny for Mankind, the People’s Republic of China (henceforth referred to as ‘China’) has brought together a suite of initiatives that represent a new ...

Posted on 09 May 2024

Author(s): Martin Thorley

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #18

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 18 May 2024 Summary highlights Western Balkan criminal groups are important players in the Netherlands. Organi...

Posted on 09 May 2024

Crime & Conflict, CSA-Obs, WEA-Obs

Port of call: Regional illicit flows through Douala, Cameroon

Port of call

...Douala port, in Cameroon, serves as a vital gateway for international trade, facilitating the flow of goods between West and Central Africa and global markets. However, its strategic importance also m...

Posted on 08 May 2024

Author(s): Julia Stanyard, Eleanor Beevor, Thierry Vircoulon

13 May

UN-TOC Watch

The Global Initiative at the 33rd CCPCJ

... The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) is back in Vienna from 13 to 17 May 2024. UN member states meet annually at the CCPCJ to negotiate resolutions on crime preve...

Posted on 02 May 2024

Eco-Solve, CAM-Obs

Defending the defenders

...Environmental defenders around the world are facing an onslaught of criminal and state violence, but the international response to this global issue is fragmented. The Escazú Agreement, which held it...

Posted on 26 Apr 2024

Author(s): Ana Paula Oliveira, Laura Avila Rivera

07 May

ENACT, WEA-Obs

Violent extremist groups and illicit economies in West Africa

...As violent extremism increases across the Sahel and spreads south into West Africa’s littoral states, illicit economies are sustaining terror groups’ operations and finances. In southern Mali, Ja...

Posted on 25 Apr 2024

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

The Shadow Economy: Uncovering Cape Town’s Extortion Networks

The Shadow Economy

...Extortion is a rapidly worsening problem throughout South Africa. This is the first in a series of reports tracking its spread across the country. The Western Cape, an economic hub with a long history...

Posted on 24 Apr 2024

Author(s): Jenni Irish-Qhobosheane

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Colin Carswell

Director, Counter Trafficking Network

...Colin is a retired senior police officer, having served in London, for 31 years. An operational officer for many years, he delivered real change within communities as well as gaining significant exper...

Posted on 23 Apr 2024

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Delia Magherescu

Lawyer, Gorj Bar Association

...Delia is Doctor in law specializing in criminal procedure law, the scientific title awarded at the State University of Moldova. She is also a lawyer at the Gorj Bar Association in Romania. After a ...

Posted on 23 Apr 2024

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