HT-Obs

Violence in Haiti: A continuation of politics by other means?

...Haiti has been plunged into an unprecedented crisis since gangs began attacking the capital, Port-au-Prince, on 29 February 2024. This has had dramatic humanitarian consequences and direct political r...

Posted on 25 Mar 2024

Author(s): Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison

22 Mar

Drug Policy, ESACD, Global Organized Crime Index, North America Strategic Platform on Organized Crime, ESA-Obs, WEA-Obs

Global Synthetic Drug Markets: The Present and Future

Global Synthetic Drug Markets

...In recent years, the global landscape of illicit synthetic drug markets has undergone profound transformations, driven by a complex interplay of factors ranging from decentralized production models an...

Posted on 22 Mar 2024

Author(s): Jason Eligh

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Ethel Agbe

Grants Manager, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Ethel joins the GI-TOC as part of the Grant Management team and is based in Ghana. She has extensive experience in project coordination, procurement, contracting and grant management, having previousl...

Posted on 21 Mar 2024
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Ioana Vasi

Project Assistant, Global OC Index, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Ioana is the Project Assistant for the Global Index and is currently pursuing a postgraduate program in Forensic Psychology at the West University of Timișoara. With a robust background in auditing, ...

Posted on 21 Mar 2024

Eco-Solve

ECO-SOLVE Africa regional consultation

ECO-SOLVE Africa regional consultation

...On 23 November 2023, a regional expert consultation on exposing elite protection and corruption in environmental crime in Africa was organized as part of the ECO-SOLVE project, a new global programme ...

Posted on 20 Mar 2024

Crime & Conflict, UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

Organized Crime and the Security Council: Analytical Tool

2000-2023: Charting Organized Crime on the UN Security Council Agenda

...The UN Security Council (UNSC) continues to track the detrimental role that organized crime, illicit flows and markets, and criminal actors are playing in conflict zones. We initially analyzed all UN...

Posted on 19 Mar 2024

Sustainable Development Goals, UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

Illicit economies in Afghanistan under the Taliban

Illicit economies in Afghanistan under the Taliban

...More than two years after the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, the country is once again high on the UN’s agenda. The levels of conflict-related violence may have signif...

Posted on 18 Mar 2024

Author(s): Maria Khoruk

Eco-Solve, Global Organized Crime Index

Better data and technology cooperation are needed in environmental crime responses

...Digital data is playing an increasingly prominent role in societies around the world, fuelled by expanding internet penetration, the growing reach of social media platforms and the ubiquity of technol...

Posted on 18 Mar 2024

Author(s): Alastair Macbeath

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Gabriel Funari

Amazon Basin Coordinator, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Gabriel coordinates the Amazon Basin Observatory. He conducts field research and leads a wide network of data collection comprised of local researchers, journalists and civil society organisations exa...

Posted on 18 Mar 2024

Crime & Conflict, Crime Terror Nexus, WEA-Obs

What does the recent escalation of mass abductions in Nigeria tell us?

...A spate of abductions in Nigeria is heightening tensions in the country. What has happened, who is responsible and what does it say about where Nigeria is headed?  Since the end of February, over 50...

Posted on 15 Mar 2024

Author(s): Kingsley L. Madueke, Lawan Danjuma Adamu, Ladd Serwat

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Ladd Serwat

Africa Regional Specialist

...Ladd is ACLED’s Africa Regional Specialist. He conducts and coordinates analysis, contributes to the oversight of regional data coverage, manages senior researchers, and serves as the main point of ...

Posted on 15 Mar 2024
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Mornay Gallant

Finance Officer, Global initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Mornay is a Finance Officer for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has extensive experience in the public- and Fintech industries,...

Posted on 14 Mar 2024
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