ENACT

Organised crime in Africa: Africa’s changing place in the global criminal economy

Organised crime in Africa: Africa’s changing place in the global criminal economy

... This report is a broad overview of Africa’s multiple and changing connections to global criminal markets. Over the past two decades, Africa’s role in the global criminal economy has shifted. ...

Posted on 27 Sep 2017

Author(s): Mark Shaw

Crime Terror Nexus

Examining the Nexus between Organised Crime and Terrorism and its implications for EU Programming

Examining the Nexus between Organised Crime and Terrorism and its implications for EU Programming

...On 22 September, the Global Initiative participated in “The nexus between terrorism and transnational organized crime: Enhancing understanding and promoting international cooperation”, hosted by t...

Posted on 26 Sep 2017

Author(s): Tuesday Reitano, Laura Adal

Global Initiative

Transnational Challenges and U.S. National Security: Defining and Prioritizing Borderless Threats

...by Julia McQuaid, Pamela G. Faber, Zack Gold Abstract By their very nature, transnational challenges are murky, often intermingled and thus difficult to analyze. This report provides an introduct...

Posted on 22 Sep 2017

Protecting Politics, Wildlife Watch

Diplomats and Deceit – North Korea’s Criminal Activities in Africa

North Korea’s Criminal Activities in Africa

...A new report by The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime lifts the lid on state-sanctioned North Korean criminal activity in Africa, exposing diplomats and embassies linked to illic...

Posted on 22 Sep 2017

Author(s): Julian Rademeyer

Crime Terror Nexus

From Criminals to Terrorists and Back?

...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Overlaps between the world of crime (be it organised or petty) and terrorism have been documented, albeit in a non-systematic fashion, for years. In the past, the attention of exper...

Posted on 21 Sep 2017

Global Initiative

Militarisation and the “War on Crime”

...From the 70 year old “War on Drugs”, to the more recent “War on Human Smuggling”, politicians use militarised responses to look decisive on crime. The deployment of armies, navies, military...

Posted on 19 Sep 2017

Global Initiative

Quick Fixes Won’t Block Libya’s People Smugglers for Long

...By Claudia Gazzini A recent dramatic decrease in migrants reaching Europe may be partly explained by payoffs to armed groups in Libya. In this Q&A, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Libya, Clau...

Posted on 14 Sep 2017

Global Initiative

Webinar: International IDEA

... The recording of the webinar can be found here. This webinar is the first of four webinars in the Protecting Politics series. Held at the same time on Tuesdays, the next webinars will be looking a...

Posted on 13 Sep 2017

Global Initiative

Trade Update 2017: Out of the Shadows

...The Small Arms Survey’s Trade Update 2017: Out of the Shadows provides an overview of the international trade in small arms and light weapons in 2014, identifies the world’s top and major export...

Posted on 13 Sep 2017

Development Dialogue

Event: Launch of “Beyond Convergence” in OSLO

... 22 May 2017, 14.00 – 17.00 (tbc) - Oslo, Norway, Venue to be confirmed The last 10 years have witnessed “the emergence of a highly adaptive and parasitic alternative ecosystem, based on crimi...

Posted on 12 Sep 2017