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Vel Moonien

Journalist

...Vel Moonien is a journalist with twenty-five years’ experience, including fifteen years reporting on police affairs including investigations relating to drugs. He has been deputy editor in chief of ...

Posted on 24 May 2021

03 Jun

Drug Policy, ESA-Obs

Changing Tides: The evolving illicit drug trade in the western Indian Ocean

Changing tides

...The islands of the western Indian Ocean have been drastically impacted by illicit drug markets. Mauritius and the Seychelles report some of the highest rates of heroin consumption in the world. Growin...

Posted on 24 May 2021

Author(s): Vel Moonien, Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo, Julia Stanyard

WEA-Obs

Deep-rooted interests: Licensing illicit logging in Guinea Bissau

Deep-rooted interests

...The widespread devastation of Guinea-Bissau’s forests – a process coordinated by the military – was curtailed in April 2015 by the imposition of a five-year moratorium on logging exports. Now, t...

Posted on 21 May 2021

20 May

UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch

All roads lead to Rome: Towards a coordinated multilateral response to organized crime and corruption

All roads lead to Rome:

...This year, Italy holds the presidency of the G20, and continues to chair its G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group. One of the priorities of the group for the year is to draw attention to the importance o...

Posted on 20 May 2021

Author(s): Ian Tennant

20 May

Resilience Fund

Rethinking Resilience: The role of women in community responses to organized crime

...The role of women in resilience responses to organized crime is generally unexplored, and this paper is intended as the beginning of a narrative that seeks to deepen understanding of this dynamic. Th...

Posted on 20 May 2021

Author(s): Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

Resilience Fund

Zero Risk Mentality: The damaging effect of AML/CFT measures for civil society

Zero Risk Mentality

...Despite the threats, intimidation and violence perpetrated by organized criminal groups, there are courageous groups of people all over the world who put themselves at great risk to support and protec...

Posted on 18 May 2021

Author(s): Floor Elize Knoote, Thalia Malmberg

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Thalia Malmberg

Programme Officer, Human Security Collective

...Thalia Malmberg is a programme officer at Human Security Collective, working on issues related to de-risking and the effects of countering terrorism financing measures on civil society. She previously...

Posted on 18 May 2021

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Floor Elize Knoote

Independent human rights researcher

...Floor Elize Knoote is an independent human rights researcher with over a decade of field experience in the investigation of violations linked to governments, corporations and financial institutions in...

Posted on 18 May 2021

18 May

RESPECT, SEE-Obs

Exploited in plain sight: An assessment of commercial sexual exploitation of children and child protection responses in the Western Balkans

Exploited in plain sight:

...The Western Balkan Six (WB6) have historically not been at the centre of attention and research investigating commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC). Despite a growing body of literature on...

Posted on 18 May 2021

Author(s): Livia Wagner, Kristina Amerhauser, Ruggero Scaturro, Thi Hoang

08 Jun

Gold Watch, ESA-Obs

Illicit gold markets in East and Southern Africa

...Today, the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector is governed by increasingly comprehensive legal and regulatory frameworks, and is reliant on transnational supply chains that connect rur...

Posted on 16 May 2021

Author(s): Marcena Hunter, Mukasiri Sibanda, Ken Opala, Julius Kaka, Lucy P. Modi

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Lucy P. Modi

Independent researcher

...Lucy P. Modi is an independent researcher working on conflict transformation, reconciliation and media issues. Previously she was engaged in broadcast media work in different media organizations with ...

Posted on 16 May 2021

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Mukasiri Sibanda

Tax Justice Network Africa

...Mukasiri Sibanda is a consultant with Tax Justice Network Africa as the focal point on tax and natural resource governance. He has a wealth of experience pushing for open and accountable management of...

Posted on 16 May 2021

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