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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East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #8
In this eighth issue of the Risk Bulletin of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa (May-June 2020), we reflect on the interdependence...
East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #6
The coronavirus pandemic will have a profound effect on the global economy, and illicit economies will be no exception. Already from other regions...
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Killings in the wake of COVID
Amid the pandemic, organized-crime groups have targeted human-rights defenders, journalists and environmental activists. The Assassination Witness...
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...
Murdered for her journalism – María Elena Ferral Hernández
‘In this new political landscape, the fight for power will bring carnage … Without a doubt, there will be more political crimes in this...
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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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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
Análisis de fuentes abiertas sobre detenidos por extorsión en el Triángulo Norte, Costa Rica y Panamá – (Enero a Noviembre 2019)
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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...
GI-TOC condemns the detention and exclusion of Serbian journalist from participating at UN Anti-corruption Conference in UAE
Geneva, 19 December 2019 – As reported by the UNCAC Coalition, award-winning Serbian journalist Stevan Dojčinović, founder and editor-in-chief of...
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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...