WEA-Obs

West Africa Risk Bulletin #10

Observatory of illicit economies in West Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF fr Français Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa Issue 10 January 2024 Summary highlights Pitfalls in responding to armed groups’ supply chains: lessons from C...

Posted on 25 Jan 2024

Sustainable Development Goals, UN - Security and Rights, HT-Obs

Will Kenya’s bold policing mission to Haiti go ahead?

...In October 2023, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted a resolution authorizing a non-UN multinational security support (MSS) mission in Haiti. After discussions, Kenya volunteered to lea...

Posted on 25 Jan 2024

Author(s): Ken Opala

WEA-Obs

Climate change, illicit economies and community resilience: Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal

Climate change, illicit economies and community resilience:

...The 2023 West Africa Organized Crime Resilience Framework (OCRF) is a tool developed by the GI-TOC as part of the Organised Crime: West African Response to Trafficking (OCWAR-T) project. The OCRF...

Posted on 23 Jan 2024

Author(s): Mouhamadou Kane, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

Global Strategy

Time for a global strategy against organized crime

...Organized crime is moving up the international agenda. People and governments are becoming increasingly concerned about violence and instability associated with criminality. The recent crises in Haiti...

Posted on 23 Jan 2024

Author(s): Walter Kemp

Crime & Conflict, Global Organized Crime Index, UKR-Obs

Drugs on the front line: The war in Ukraine is fuelling drug use among soldiers, particularly of synthetic substances

...Kateryna (name changed) is 45 and lives in Kyiv. Her brother Bohdan (name changed), 37, has been fighting the Russian army on the front line in eastern Ukraine for over a year. In late 2023, Kateryna ...

Posted on 22 Jan 2024

Crime & Conflict, WEA-Obs

Self-defence groups as a response to crime and conflict in West Africa: Learning from international experiences

Self-defence groups as a response to crime and conflict in West Africa

...The 2023 West Africa Organized Crime Resilience Framework (OCRF) is a tool developed by the GI-TOC as part of the Organised Crime: West African Response to Trafficking (OCWAR-T) project. The OCRF...

Posted on 19 Jan 2024

Author(s): Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison, Flore Berger, Kingsley L. Madueke, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo, Lyes Tagziria

UN - Security and Rights, UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Endgame: The final phase of the UN cybercrime negotiations?

Endgame

...From January 29 to February 9, 2024, UN delegates will meet in New York to conclude discussions on a new cybercrime convention. Different countries have varying ideas about what the treaty should cove...

Posted on 19 Jan 2024

Author(s): Ian Tennant