Sustainable Development Goals

Q and A with Nadia Isler, director of the SDG Lab Geneva

...Nadia Isler speaks to the Global Initiative’s Julia Stanyard on the SDG Lab’s work, its findings and how international actors seek to address cross-cutting issues, such as transnational organized ...

Posted on 06 Sep 2018

Author(s): Julia Stanyard

Assassination Witness, SEE-Obs

Freedom of press threatened by organized crime in Western Balkans

...On 30 August, in the early hours of the morning, Albanian journalist Klodiana Lala was targeted by gunmen while she was in her father’s home in Tirana. According to the police, the criminals opened ...

Posted on 04 Sep 2018

Protecting Politics

Political Transition in Zimbabwe: A new era for organized crime?

Political Transition in Zimbabwe

...This policy brief constitutes a first step towards developing more comprehensive assessments that will broaden our understanding of organized crime and illicit markets in Zimbabwe. It analyzes the ...

Posted on 17 Aug 2018

Author(s): Mafaro Kasipo

Crime Terror Nexus

East Africa: Organized crime and terrorism

...In East Africa, three spheres co-exist – informal economies, organized-crime networks and terror groups. We need a better understanding of how they may be enmeshed, as well as what separates them. ...

Posted on 08 Aug 2018

Author(s): Peter Tinti

Wildlife Watch

In Plane Sight: Wildlife Trafficking in the Air Transport Sector

...In Plane Sight examines wildlife trafficking through the air transport sector by analyzing nine years' worth of open source seizure information, and is intended to provide an update on wildlife traffi...

Posted on 06 Aug 2018

Wildlife Watch

Ending wildlife trafficking

Ending wildlife trafficking

...A large number of anti-poaching, conservation and management measures have been implemented to protect rhinos. None of these responses has achieved tangible results in lowering unnatural rhino deaths ...

Posted on 06 Aug 2018

Author(s): Annette Hübschle