Crime & Conflict, UKR-Obs

Entrepreneurial newcomers: Russian-speaking migrant smugglers on the US southern border

...Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted thousands of Russians to flee their country for fear of political persecution. Migration flows from Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan, have also surged....

Posted on 11 May 2023

Author(s): Yulia Vorobyeva

11 Jul

Crime Terror Nexus, WEA-Obs

Reserve assets: Armed groups and conflict economies in the national parks of Burkina Faso, Niger and Benin

Reserve assets

...Violent extremist groups have been expanding from their primary bases in Mali and Burkina Faso towards the southern and coastal states of West Africa. One of the main corridors for this expansion has ...

Posted on 09 May 2023

Author(s): Antônio Sampaio, Abdel Aziz Mossi, Eleanor Beevor, Emmanuel N’koué Sambieni

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Emmanuel N’koué Sambieni

Lecturer and Researcher, Université de Parakou, Benin

...Emmanuel N Sambieni is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Université de Parakou, Benin....

Posted on 09 May 2023

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

UN cybercrime treaty Ad Hoc Committee: Circle remains unsquared

...As negotiations on the UN treaty advance, there are looming questions for the upcoming zero draft. Lack of consensus on key points continues to define the formative stages. The UN Ad Hoc Committee ne...

Posted on 08 May 2023

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Summer Walker

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Cesar Alvarez Velasquez

Lecturer, Charles Sturt University

...Before joining Charles Sturt University, Cesar Alvarez worked for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), a Canberra-based National Security and Defence think-tank, where he spent two years ...

Posted on 08 May 2023
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Irvin Kinnes

Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Cape Town

...Irvin Kinnes holds a HDE from UWC, a MSc. in Criminology from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Criminology from UCT. He previously served as Police Training Programme Manager at the Centre ...

Posted on 07 May 2023

Global Organized Crime Index

The criminal cost of Sri Lanka’s crisis

...Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis has had a broader destabilizing effect on the country, with challenges to food security and law and order, in particular. The economic stress has also gener...

Posted on 05 May 2023

Author(s): Rukshana Rizwie

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Rukshana Rizwie

Researcher

...Rukshana Rizwie is a researcher, academic and journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka...

Posted on 04 May 2023

UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch, HT-Obs

Gang control and security vacuums: Assessing gender-based violence in Cité Soleil, Haiti

Gang control and security vacuums

...This brief summarizes research conducted in December 2022 on gender-based violence (GBV) in Cité Soleil, an impoverished, high-density commune of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. GBV – and sexual violence, i...

Posted on 04 May 2023

Author(s): Summer Walker

WEA-Obs

West Africa Risk Bulletin #7

Observatory of illicit economies in West Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF fr Français Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa Issue 7 April 2023 Summary highlights Drug distribution markets are key to the economic resilience of the Yandab...

Posted on 27 Apr 2023
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David Tyree

Resident Agent in Charge, United States Drug Enforcement Administration

...David Tyree served for 25 years with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration as a Special Agent, the Assistant Country Attache to the US Ambassadors in Portugal and Cape Verde, Africa and as...

Posted on 25 Apr 2023
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Fiona M Underwood

Statistical consultant and researcher

... Fiona M Underwood is an independent statistical consultant and researcher advising on practical data-driven approaches that inform decision-making on environmental issues and natural resource ...

Posted on 20 Apr 2023
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