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Goma, one year on: Illicit profits, failed peace
Any durable approach to ending the DRC conflict must confront the illicit economies sustaining the war
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After the capture
What are the implications of the US intervention in Venezuela for organized crime?
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Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe
Risk Bulletin - Issue 22
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Global Organized Crime Index, AMA-Obs, APA-Obs, AR-Obs, CA-Obs, CAM-Obs, CSA-Obs, EAS-Obs, ESA-Obs, EUR-Obs, HT-Obs, NAS-Obs, SA-Obs, SEE-Obs, WEA-Obs
The Global Organized Crime Index 2025
Crime at a crossroads
Frontiers of plunder
Environmental crime in northern Mexico's logging and mining sectors
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Feeding the furnace:
Tracing opaque gold supply chains and deals in Central Africa
Resilience Fund
Disappearances by organized crime
A guide to responses and strengthening resilience
HT-Obs
Peace operations in Haiti: Lessons from two decades of UN engagement
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The Global Initiative comprises a network of over 600 independent global and regional experts working on human rights, democracy, governance, and development issues where organized crime has become increasingly pertinent.
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29 Jan 2026
Carceral capture: Criminal governance in Ecuador’s prison system
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CA-Obs
28 Jan 2026
Feeding the furnace: Tracing opaque gold supply chains and deals in Central Africa
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Global Initiative
23 Jan 2026
Frontiers of plunder
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Global Initiative
22 Jan 2026
A climate of insecurity: Climate change and organized crime in cities
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Resilience Fund
22 Jan 2026
Disappearances by organized crime
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HT-Obs
21 Jan 2026
Peace operations in Haiti: Lessons from two decades of UN engagement
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EAS-Obs
20 Jan 2026
People as ammunition: The structures behind Russian and Belarusian weaponized migration
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APA-Obs
13 Jan 2026
Minimizing risks of criminal exposure to scam compounds in corporate supply chains
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APA-Obs
06 Jan 2026
The Mekong methamphetamine economy
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CA-Obs
17 Dec 2025
Behind the blockchain: Cryptocurrency and criminal capture in the Central African Republic
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NAS-Obs
15 Dec 2025
Human smuggling and trafficking in North Africa and the Sahel 2025
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SA-Obs
12 Dec 2025
Western Cape Gang Monitor – Issue 7
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