SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #12

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...ecades past, it appears that stealing and smuggling babies and even embryos may still be a problem in a number of countries, with characteristics of organized crime. We recently published a report on illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, which follows the publication of a similar assessment in 2020 analyzing key drivers and current trends of IFFs in Albania, Kosovo and North Ma...

Posted on 30 May 2022

SEE-Obs

Anti-corruption conference focuses on enhancing prevention and dialogue

...f integrity.' Participants discussed the roles of the state and civil society in promoting a culture of integrity; in what ways can corruption be prevented; how to strengthen regional cooperation; illicit financial flows in the Western Balkans; the potential for social re-use of criminal assets; and how to address  “organized corruption” – a  symbiosis of organized crime, criminal methods and high-level corru...

Posted on 27 May 2022

Crime & Conflict, Drug Policy, Gold Watch, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #24

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

Posted on 20 Apr 2022

Global Organized Crime Index, MMFU, Wildlife Watch

A moving target

Posted on 14 Mar 2022

Author(s): Steven Broad

Global Initiative

Annual report 2021

Posted on 31 Dec 2021

UN-TOC Watch, WEA-Obs

Interview with Nigerian vice presidential candidate for INTERPOL, Garba Baba Umar

...n representing Africa. Nigeria is of strategic importance to regional and global security, and the illicit economy. Insurgency; human trafficking and smuggling; arms trafficking; the narcotics trade; illicit financial flows; piracy; illicit plastic-waste flows; wildlife trafficking; illegal fishing; crude-oil theft; illegal mining; and counterfeiting are just some of the transnational organized crime types converging in...

Posted on 23 Nov 2021

Author(s): Emmanuel Mayah

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #10

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...k at how cryptocurrencies work, provide examples of cryptomining in the region and examine the challenges the region is starting to face, particularly in relation to cryptocurrencies as an element of illicit financial flows. Read more Building bridges between civil society and the government in North Macedonia. The Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe is currently carrying out a series of resilience ...

Posted on 23 Nov 2021

Wildlife Watch, APA-Obs

Following the tracks of Asia’s snow leopard trafficking syndicates

...is linked to the trade in other illicit commodities. The project also tracks trafficking pipelines in China and other supply countries in central and South Asia, cross-border trafficking networks and illicit financial flows sustaining the illicit trade. 1st investigation: China's snow leopard crimes, 5 November 2021, Hsiuwen Liu 2nd investigation: Nepal’s cross-border snow leopard smuggling networks, 12 Nov...

Posted on 05 Nov 2021

Drug Policy, UN-TOC Watch

Thinking inside the box

...ng some member state support for this position. Another civil society intervention came from John Collins, Director of Academic Engagement at the GI-TOC, who highlighted the big picture impacts of illicit financial flows in the Western Balkans and East and southern Africa (two regions on which the GI-TOC has published research) and concomitant need for civil society inclusion: Our regional examples are illustrativ...

Posted on 03 Nov 2021

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Global Initiative

Back to the future

...de by these supposed accommodations, or whether conflict for control over illicit markets will ensue. We believe this final scenario, which has largely defined political economies and competition for illicit financial flows in the country, is the most likely outcome. But whatever emerges under the new regime will certainly not be confined to Afghanistan. The Taliban takeover will have knock-on effects in the wider re...

Posted on 26 Aug 2021

Author(s): Marcena Hunter