AMA-Obs

Environmental crimes in the Amazon

Environmental crimes in the Amazon

...The Amazon Basin is facing a surge in environmental crimes that threaten both ecosystems and communities. This report provides an in-depth analysis of the criminal economies driving deforestation and ...

Posted on 08 Nov 2025

Author(s): Gabriel Funari, María Antonia Cote, Andrés Aponte, Lina María Asprilla Ríos

Eco-Solve

How the Amazon crisis is reshaping responses to environmental crime

...When world leaders gather in Belém, Brazil, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) next week, they will be confronting a crisis that goes far beyond deforestation: a criminal confla...

Posted on 07 Nov 2025

Author(s): Simone Haysom

Global Initiative

How fuel in the CAR became a weapon of war and a source of criminal wealth

Up in smoke

...Fuel trafficking has long been key to the conflict economy in the Central African Republic (CAR), sustaining armed groups and enabling territorial control. The formal fuel sector remained shielded fro...

Posted on 06 Nov 2025

AMA-Obs, AR-Obs

Criminality and multi-crime dynamics: Trends in Latin America

Criminality and multi-crime dynamics

...This report outlines key regional dynamics shaping organized crime across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), drawing on the main trends identified in the Global Initiative Against Transnational Or...

Posted on 05 Nov 2025

Global Initiative

The perilous fallout from Brazil’s deadliest police raid

...On 28 October, police in Rio de Janeiro launched a ‘mega-operation’ targeting the Comando Vermelho (Red Command – CV), one of Brazil’s largest criminal organizations. During the crackdown, 2 5...

Posted on 03 Nov 2025

Author(s): Gabriel Funari

EAS-Obs

Crime by drone: A new paradigm for organized crime

Crime by drone

...The Russo-Ukrainian war has profoundly changed how drones are used in conflict. Over the past three years, drones have shifted from being auxiliary tools to becoming decisive elements on the battlefie...

Posted on 30 Oct 2025

Author(s): Paddy Ginn, Alex Goodwin

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Alex Goodwin

...Alex Goodwin is an analyst at the GI-TOC, focusing on the impact of the Russo-Ukrainian war on illicit economies in Ukraine and the broader region. Previously, he worked as an editor at the Internatio...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025
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Daniel Santiago Ferro

Chief Inspector, Spanish National Police

...For more than 10 years, Daniel worked at the Central Drugs and Organized Crime Unit of the Spanish National Police as head of different investigation groups dealing with drug trafficking, mainly cocai...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025
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Dr. Alexander Chance

Head of Policy & Research, Transparency International (TI) Ireland

...Dr. Alexander Chance specialises in strategic approaches to transnational organised crime, illicit finance and corruption, including in post-conflict settings. As Head of Policy and Research at Transp...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025

APA-Obs

Mekong Matters: The podcast

...Across the Mekong, organized crime shapes daily life—from illegal casinos in the Golden Triangle and synthetic drug production in Vietnam, to human trafficking, cyber scams, and the looting of fores...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025
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Dr. Maureen Moriarty

Senior Fellow, Duke Center for International Development and Senior Associate in Land and Security, CDA Collaborative Learning

...Maureen Moriarty PH.D has 27 years of experience working at the Triple Nexus of the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding sectors. She is a Senior Fellow at the Duke University Center for Inter...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025
28 Oct

Sanctions and organized crime, SEE-Obs

Beyond the blacklist: How effective are sanctions in the Western Balkans?

Beyond the blacklist

...ACCESS THE DATABASE Sanctions are a key instrument of national foreign policies, but their impact depends on how effectively they are implemented. This policy brief examines how actors in the W...

Posted on 28 Oct 2025
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