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Global Strategy, UN-TOC Watch

International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime

...International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime...

Posted on 15 Nov 2024

Assassination Witness

‘Don’t rock the boat’

...Assassination of Mexican fisheries leader casts a long shadow, signalling organized crime’s expanding grip on the country. In October 2024, the Mexican Institute for Research in Sustainable Fisheri...

Posted on 15 Nov 2024

Author(s): Siria Gastelum Felix

Global Initiative

The Fifth Wave: Organized Crime in 2040

The Fifth Wave

...By 2040, organized crime may thrive like never before, exploiting climate crises, geopolitical conflicts, and technological advancements. Our latest report reveals a chilling forecast where criminal n...

Posted on 14 Nov 2024

Author(s): Phil Williams

Crime & Conflict, Drug Policy, UKR-Obs

Breaking Klad: Russia’s Dead Drop Drug Revolution

Breaking Klad

...There has been a groundbreaking shift in the global drug trade, pioneered in Russia and now spreading globally. Unlike traditional drug trafficking models, this system leverages darknet markets and cr...

Posted on 13 Nov 2024

Author(s): Max Daly, Patrick Shortis

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Patrick Shortis

PhD candidate at the University of Manchester

...Patrick Shortis is a researcher in online drug markets. He is currently a senior blockchain intelligence analyst at TRM Labs and a PhDcandidate at the University of Manchester....

Posted on 12 Nov 2024

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Max Daly

Journalist and analyst

...Max Daly is a journalist and analyst specialising in drugs and organized crime. He is an Orwell Prize winner and co-authored the book Narcomania....

Posted on 12 Nov 2024

Drug Policy, AR-Obs

Coca leaf and cocaine legalization in Peru

...Coca legalization in Peru could reshape the economy, drug control policies, and even the influence of organized crime, but the implications are complex. This report explores how moving from prohibitio...

Posted on 11 Nov 2024

Author(s): Nicolás Zevallos Trigoso, Jaris Mujica, Christian Campos Vásquez

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Christian Campos Vásquez

... Christian Campos Vásquez is an assistant researcher at Peru’s Institute of Criminology. He has served as technical advisor of knowledge management at Peru’s interior ministry, as budge...

Posted on 11 Nov 2024

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Jaris Mujica

... Jaris Mujica is the director of research at Peru’s Institute of Criminology. Specialized in criminal organization patterns and the economics of crime, he has served as head of the internal...

Posted on 11 Nov 2024

EUR-Obs

Downfall

...Yevgeny Prigozhin’s story is one of stark transformation – from prisoner to one of Russia’s wealthiest and most influential power players. Quietly amassing a sprawling business empire under Vlad...

Posted on 06 Nov 2024

Author(s): Mark Shaw

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Paul Malaluan

Finance Officer, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Paul joined the team as Finance Officer in Geneva. He is currently completing his studies in International Business Management at the Haute Ecole de Gestion....

Posted on 05 Nov 2024

Drug Policy

Highly potent synthetic opioids are already in Europe’s drug supply chains

...In defiance of expectations, Afghanistan’s ban on opium in 2022 appears not to have yet affected the European heroin trade, which shows a high level of stability and reportedly abundant stockpiles. ...

Posted on 05 Nov 2024

Author(s): Daniel Brombacher, Ruggero Scaturro

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