East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #11
In this eleventh issue of the Risk Bulletin of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa (August-September 2020), we present a special report...
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Transnational Tentacles: Global hotspots of 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...
Making a killing: What assassinations reveal about the Montenegrin drug war
In criminal markets, violence does not happen by accident – and it is seldom a first resort. The most efficient and controlled markets are those...
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Ján Kuciak: Murder unpunished?
The controversial acquittal of two defendants accused of orchestrating the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak has sent shockwaves through...
Zezico Rodrigues Guajajara: Killed for defending the Amazon
As the Global Initiative has emphasized in #AssassinationWitness, within the increasing global phenomenon of targeted assassinations, there is one...
#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...
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They will never be silenced
On the third anniversary of the death of assassinated Mexican journalist Javier Valdez we reflect on how resilience and collective memory can help...
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...
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Análisis de fuentes abiertas sobre detenidos por extorsión en el Triángulo Norte, Costa Rica y Panamá (Enero-Junio 2020)
EXTORSIÓN EN CENTROAMÉRICA: ANÁLISIS DE FUENTES ABIERTAS SOBRE DETENIDOS EN EL TRIÁNGULO NORTE, COSTA RICA Y PANAMÁ/ENERO-MARZO
Lockdown in lock-up: Italy’s prison system has been plunged into crisis by the pandemic – and by the mafia.
Mafia bosses ‘free to come and go as they please’. Italy’s prison system has been plunged into crisis by the pandemic – and by...
Análisis de fuentes abiertas sobre detenidos por extorsión en el Triángulo Norte, Costa Rica y Panamá (Enero-Marzo 2020)
EXTORSIÓN EN CENTROÁMERICA: ANÁLISIS DE FUENTES ABIERTAS SOBRE DETENIDOS EN EL TRIÁNGULO NORTE, COSTA RICA Y PANAMÁ/ENERO-MARZO
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Zezico Rodrigues Guajajara: Killed for defending the Amazon
As the Global Initiative has emphasized in #AssassinationWitness, within the increasing global phenomenon of targeted assassinations, there is one...
Parallel contagion: Is mafia entrepreneurship exploiting the pandemic?
Chapter I – 22 April 2020 Concerned with reports of the Mafia’s exploitation of the current global crisis, the Global Initiative Against...
A Tale of Two Countries: COVID-19 and organized crime in the Korean Peninsula.
There couldn’t be a starker contrast. Since its first confirmed case of an infection in late January, South Korea has responded swiftly and...
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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...
Life Under Gang Rule in El Salvador
Nearly 20,000 Salvadorans were killed from 2014 to 2017. That’s more violent deaths than in several countries that were at war during those years,...
Mexico Peace Index 2018: Mapping the evolution of peace and its drivers
This report contains a comprehensive measure of peacefulness in Mexico from 2003 – 2017. “Peace in Mexico has declined for a second year...