Transnational Tentacles – Global hotspots of Western Balkan Organized Crime
While the Western Balkans is often portrayed as a hotspot of illicit activity, the region is a relatively small market for organized crime. The...
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Protecting communities: Responding to the impact of urban drug markets
This paper looks at the challenge posed by urban drug markets, particularly the impact on crime, safety, and development. It combines a granular...
Transformative Technologies: How digital is changing the landscape of organized crime
Advances in technology are continuing to transform the illicit-trade landscape as dramatically as they are changing its legal counterpart,...
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#CovidCrimeWatch – July
As of 21 July 2020, almost 15 million cases of COVID-19 had been reported worldwide, and over 610 000 deaths registered. Although both have continued...
#CovidCrimeWatch – n°9
As of mid-May, upwards of 4.8 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with the disease taking the lives of more than 300 000 people across the...
Economy, freedoms shrink in vulnerable Western Balkans
Although the Western Balkans Six have not been as severely affected by the pandemic as other European countries, there is a risk that the unfolding...
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Enforcement of drug laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites
In this first report of this decade, the Global Commission on Drug Policy outlines how the current international drug control regime works for the...
After the storm: Organized crime across the Sahel-Sahara following upheaval in Libya and Mali
Organized crime in the Sahel has entered a new phase of consolidation and diversification. During the past decade, criminal activity expanded...
Organised Crime Index (Africa 2019)
The ENACT Organised Crime Index is an innovative tool designed to measure levels of organised crime in African countries and assess their resilience...
World Atlas of Illicit Flows
Organized crime takes the lion’s share of USD31.5 billion in illicit flows in and around conflict areas A new report warns that the...
Las Buscadoras – the searchers – #GIResilience Project
This is story was made as part of the #GIresilience
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Organized Crime and Criminal Networks in Africa
Summary and Keywords Organised crime and criminal networks are an outcome of Africa’s weak systems of state reach and governance, and in turn they...
Interview with Ruth Dreifuss on the decriminalization of drugs.
How would you assess the current state of the debate around decriminalization of drugs? There have certainly been positive developments since the...
GIN Interview – Jean-Luc Peduzzi, Head of the Dakar Platform
As law enforcement attaché to the embassy of France in Dakar, Jean-Luc Peduzzi, who is tasked with implementing bilateral security co-operation with...
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Enforcement of drug laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites
In this first report of this decade, the Global Commission on Drug Policy outlines how the current international drug control regime works for the...
Organized Crime and Criminal Networks in Africa
Summary and Keywords Organised crime and criminal networks are an outcome of Africa’s weak systems of state reach and governance, and in turn they...
Patrones territoriales y factores sociodemográficos asociados a los homicidios y el narcotráfico en Costa Rica (Informe Final)
Leonardo Sánchez Hernández Introducción En los últimos años el país ha experimentado un aumento en el número de homicidios dolosos, en el 2017...