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China-linked scam operations pivot to Africa, presenting new challenges for at-risk countries

...In April, the Chinese Embassy in Madagascar issued a public statement warning people about the risk of being tricked into forced labour in online scam operations in the country. The announcement follo...

Posted on 19 May 2026

Author(s): Jason G Tower

APA-Obs

Turning the tide together: Confronting the Pacific methamphetamine crisis

Turning the tide together

...The Pacific is facing a rapidly escalating methamphetamine crisis with growing implications for public health, community safety and regional security. A new policy paper published by the Pacific Secu...

Posted on 15 May 2026

Author(s): Virginia Comolli, Nicholas Thomson

NAS-Obs, SEE-Obs

A smuggling route reawakens: Movement surges between eastern Libya and Crete

...Over the course of two days in mid-April, Greek authorities rescued more than 300 migrants off the coast of Crete, highlighting the growing resurgence of a long-dormant smuggling corridor between east...

Posted on 14 May 2026

Author(s): Fatjona Mejdini, Matt Herbert

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Markéta Guedezounme

Europe Hub Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Marketa is a conservation professional with extensive experience managing large protected areas in West and Central Africa. She held various roles ranging from conservation technology and law enforcem...

Posted on 12 May 2026
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Pascal Oberholzer

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Pascal works as an Analyst within the Extractives team and the West Africa Observatory. He is particularly interested in the convergence of organised crime and conflict. In his work, he combines the e...

Posted on 12 May 2026

WEA-Obs

Coordinated attacks in Mali shift territorial control and realign illicit economies

...In the early hours of 25 April, Mali experienced arguably its most consequential security shock since 2012, when an offensive in the north sparked the 14 years of conflict that have since engulfed the...

Posted on 08 May 2026

Global Organized Crime Index, ESA-Obs

How counterfeit agricultural products are harming Uganda’s economy

...Counterfeit agricultural products, from fake seeds and adulterated fertilizers to unregistered chemicals and vaccines, are one of Uganda’s most damaging yet underacknowledged economic challenges. Th...

Posted on 07 May 2026

Author(s): Julius Kaka

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Michael Mayo

Professor, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies

...Michael Mayo is a senior law enforcement professional currently serving as a Fellow at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in Honolulu, Hawaii. A career federal a...

Posted on 06 May 2026
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Daniel Molobe

Director, Unified Initiative for a Drug Free Nigeria

...Daniel Ikenna Molobe is a Public Health Professional and Researcher with extensive experience in drug demand reduction. He has been actively engaged in social and public health interventions for child...

Posted on 06 May 2026
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Diana Patricia Balderrama Durán

Independent Consultant

...Diana Balderrama is an independent Researcher and Consultant specializing in Economic Development, Informality and Black Markets, and International Cooperation. She holds an academic background in Eco...

Posted on 06 May 2026
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Juan Carlos Buitrago Arias, Brigadier General (PNC - R) | Founder & CEO, Strategos BIP S.A.S.

CEO & Founder, Strategos BIP

...Brigadier General (Ret.) Juan Carlos Buitrago Arias is a regional and international authority on public security, organized crime, and strategic foresight, with more than three decades of service to C...

Posted on 06 May 2026

Global Organized Crime Index, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch

The 15th Crime Congress and the repositioning of the UNODC and UNTOC

Wind of change

...The 15th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was due to take place in Abu Dhabi in the final week of April 2026, but has been delayed until the end of September due to the conflict in...

Posted on 04 May 2026

Author(s): Ian Tennant

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