CA-Obs

Collateral circuits: The impact of the Sudan’s war on arms markets and mercenary networks in Chad and Libya

Collateral circuits

...The war in Sudan has transformed far more than its own frontlines. It has reshaped the security economies of its neighbours, activating new supply nodes and embedding weapons and combatants into cross...

Posted on 01 Dec 2025

Author(s): Emadeddin Badi

03 Dec

AMA-Obs, APA-Obs, AR-Obs, CA-Obs, CAM-Obs, CSA-Obs, EAS-Obs, ESA-Obs, EUR-Obs, HT-Obs, NAS-Obs, SA-Obs, SEE-Obs, WEA-Obs

OC24: 6th edition of the 24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime

...On 3 December 2025, we will host the sixth edition of the 24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime (OC24), a concentrated, high-impact, 16-hour online event that brings together the world’s lead...

Posted on 28 Nov 2025

Global Initiative

The two faces of Balochistan:Illicit economies thrive in the spectre of Taliban stability

...Sher Mohammed Gul (name changed), a mid-level Balochi Taliban commander based in south-west Afghanistan, needed money. He had weapons to sell: American-made assault rifles, which should have been in h...

Posted on 26 Nov 2025

Author(s): Paddy Ginn

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Dr. Eric Sevigny

Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University

...Dr. Eric Sevigny's research focuses on understanding the effects of drug and crime policy, the characteristics of drug markets and the decision-making behaviors of drug trade actors, and the measureme...

Posted on 25 Nov 2025
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Ibiba Odili

CEO Phenomenal Strides Foundation

...Ibiba Jane Odili, a retired Assistant Commander-General of Narcotics, worked for 35 years with the Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature fr...

Posted on 25 Nov 2025

Gold Watch

Illicit finance and Africa: A regional assessment

Illicit finance and Africa

...Illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Africa are increasing in scale, complexity and impact, affecting countries that act as sources, transit points or destinations. These flows erode economic stability, ...

Posted on 25 Nov 2025

Author(s): Marcena Hunter, Michael McLaggan, Henry Harbottle

01 Dec

Global Organized Crime Index, APA-Obs

The 2025 Global Organized Crime Index: A Deep Dive into the Mekong Results

...In November 2025, GI-TOC's 2025 Global Organized Crime Index was released. For a third iteration in a row, organized crime continues to rise globally, while resilience continues to stagnate. The Mek...

Posted on 24 Nov 2025
24 Nov

Global Organized Crime Index, IUU Fishing Index

IUU Fishing Risk Index 2025

IUU Fishing Risk Index 2025

...In early 2019, the IUU Fishing Risk Index was launched as a way of benchmarking and ranking countries based on their vulnerability to, prevalence of and response to illegal, unreported and unregulated...

Posted on 24 Nov 2025

APA-Obs

Who is policing the Pacific?

...In September 2025, the Solomon Islands government – China’s closest security ally in the Pacific region – announced the launch of the Solomon Islands–China Police Cooperation Model Communities...

Posted on 21 Nov 2025

Author(s): Virginia Comolli

Eco-Solve

Monitoring online illegal wildlife trade: Featuring rhino horn pills and wildlife substitutions

Monitoring online illegal wildlife trade

...Online illegal wildlife trade (IWT) continues to expand across social media and e-commerce platforms, with 13,254 wildlife advertisements detected between April 2024 and August 2025 across Africa, the...

Posted on 20 Nov 2025
09 Dec

Global Organized Crime Index, APA-Obs

Asia–Oceania regional launch of the Global Organized Crime Index 2025

...Join us at the National Press Club of Australia for the Asia–Oceania regional launch of the third edition of the Global Organized Crime Index – the world’s most comprehensive dataset tracking cr...

Posted on 20 Nov 2025

CA-Obs, ESA-Obs

The illicit transnational supply chains sustaining Sudan’s conflict

...In late October 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organization fighting for control of Sudan, captured the city of El Fasher, in Darfur, marking yet another step in the country’s ...

Posted on 20 Nov 2025

Author(s): Ruben De Koning

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