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 illegal...
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Political Transition in Zimbabwe: A new era for organized crime?
This policy brief constitutes a first step towards developing more comprehensive assessments that will broaden our understanding of organized crime...
Libya: a patchwork state sewn together along trafficking lines
This post is a summary of a case study published as part of UNU-CPR’s Crime-Conflict Nexus Series. A series of airstrikes over the course of...
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East Africa: Organized crime and terrorism
In East Africa, three spheres co-exist – informal economies, organized-crime networks and terror groups. We need a better understanding of how they...
Guinea-Bissau illegal drug economy
Guinea-Bissau has long been labelled a narco-state. Today it is likely that the West African country continues to be a major hub for cocaine. The...
Protecting the criminal complex
The recent killing of Slovakian journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kusnirova, is the second assassination of a journalist in the EU in...
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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 illegal...
Forward Thinking on Transnational Threats
This event from the IISS and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime followed a recent US National Defense University project on...
Constructive Powers: the defining elements of transnational organized crime
Mark Shaw, Director, talks about Constructive Powers, the defining elements of transnational organized crime and how the role of private institutions...
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Constructive Powers: the defining elements of transnational organized crime
Mark Shaw, Director, talks about Constructive Powers, the defining elements of transnational organized crime and how the role of private institutions...
Misha Glenny investigates global crime networks
Journalist, and member of the Global Initiative Board, Misha Glenny spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks...
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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...
Security for Sale: Challenges and Good Practices in Regulating Private Military and Security Companies in Latin America
by Sarah Kinosian and James Bosworth The elevated, and in some cases epidemic, criminal violence that afflicts much of Latin America has given rise...
Atlas de la Violencia en América Latina
Manuel Alcántara Sáez Villagonzalo de Tormes Prólogo El control de la violencia legítima es la razón de ser del Estado. Como bien se conoce, se...