Assassination Witness

A dangerous cocktail for press freedom

...The recent murder of a Greek reporter has alarmed Europe, questioning the security of journalists and uncovering possible institutional links to organized crime. On 9 April 2021, Giorgos Karaivaz dro...

Posted on 14 May 2021

Author(s): Kostas Koukoumakas

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Rio’s deadliest police raid

...The relentless pursuit of deploying militarized raids by the police in Rio’s favelas has resulted in yet another massacre. Like previous operations, it is unlikely to have any impact on the city’s...

Posted on 13 May 2021

Author(s): Antônio Sampaio

Assassination Witness, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

Too many enemies

...Wandile Bozwana was killed in October 2015 while stopped at a red traffic light on the N1 Garsfontein-offramp in Pretoria, South Africa. Bozwana died a billionaire, having built his fortune acquiring ...

Posted on 13 May 2021

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #7

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF mk Македонски sq Shqip sr Srpski Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 7 April–May 2021 Summary highlights Shadow of the mountain: organ...

Posted on 13 May 2021

Crime & Conflict, Drug Policy, NAS-Obs

Strange Days for Hashish Trafficking in Niger

...On 2 March 2021, Niger police seized 17 metric tonnes of cannabis resin, the country's largest recorded shipment of hashish. The seizure happened in a warehouse in the capital, Niamey. Large drug sei...

Posted on 11 May 2021

Author(s): Alice Fereday, Matt Herbert

Drug Policy, SEE-Obs

Spot Prices: Analyzing flows of people, drugs and money in the Western Balkans

Spot Prices

...The Western Balkans is a crossroads for the trafficking of many illicit commodities, and it is a geographical hub for the smuggling of migrants who are trying to enter Western Europe. While these fac...

Posted on 10 May 2021

Author(s): Walter Kemp, Kristina Amerhauser, Ruggero Scaturro

Global Initiative

A handbook for community responses to countering extortion

A handbook for community responses to countering extortion

...Extortion is a pervasive global problem that threatens developing and developed countries alike. Defined as the process of extracting monetary or other forms of payments by means of violence or the th...

Posted on 07 May 2021

Author(s): Deborah Bonello, Tuesday Reitano, Mark Shaw

UN Cyberwatch, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Time to engage: The UN wades into a global cybercrime treaty debate

...In May 2021, countries at the United Nations are set to restart a process to debate and possibly draft a treaty ‘on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal pur...

Posted on 07 May 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant