ESA-Obs

The kidnapping business: Criminality in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

The kidnapping business

...Over the past seven years, kidnapping has become a widespread business in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Members of all segments of society are kidnapped, and many people �...

Posted on 30 May 2023

Author(s): Justin Mwetaminwa, Marc-André Lagrange, Thierry Vircoulon

Cities & Illicit Economies, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Gobernanza punitiva en Centroamérica

Gobernanza punitiva en Centroamérica

...Punitive governance in Central America An antidote to criminal governance? Large parts of Central America endure persistently high levels of insecurity and societal violence. Transnational dru...

Posted on 23 May 2023

Author(s): Celia Medrano, Andreas Daugaard, Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada

Crime & Conflict, UKR-Obs

The devil’s not-so-new psychoactive substance

...‘It seems they have found a way to get the stuff from Russian occupied territories into Ukraine through the front line – and it’s in the order of tonnes,’ explained a Ukrainian police officer ...

Posted on 23 May 2023

Author(s): Ruggero Scaturro

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

UN ‘Cybercrime Treaty: Legal and human rights safeguards

UN 'Cybercrime Treaty'

...In March 2023, the GI-TOC held a roundtable to consult experts in human rights, digital rights, and criminal justice on the legal and human rights safeguards in the consolidated negotiation document p...

Posted on 18 May 2023

Author(s): Ana Paula Oliveira, Summer Walker

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #15

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 15 May 2023 Summary highlights Serbia’s controversial draft law on policing has shortcomings for combating o...

Posted on 17 May 2023

Cities & Illicit Economies, SEE-Obs

Catch me if you can: Illicit flows through Balkan airports

Catch me if you can

...This report applies the ‘hotspots’ approach that has been used by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime’s (GI-TOC) Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe ...

Posted on 15 May 2023

Author(s): Ruggero Scaturro