APA-Obs

Who is policing the Pacific?

...In September 2025, the Solomon Islands government – China’s closest security ally in the Pacific region – announced the launch of the Solomon Islands–China Police Cooperation Model Communities...

Posted on 21 Nov 2025

Author(s): Virginia Comolli

Eco-Solve

Monitoring online illegal wildlife trade: Featuring rhino horn pills and wildlife substitutions

Monitoring online illegal wildlife trade

...Online illegal wildlife trade (IWT) continues to expand across social media and e-commerce platforms, with 13,254 wildlife advertisements detected between April 2024 and August 2025 across Africa, the...

Posted on 20 Nov 2025

CA-Obs, ESA-Obs

The illicit transnational supply chains sustaining Sudan’s conflict

...In late October 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organization fighting for control of Sudan, captured the city of El Fasher, in Darfur, marking yet another step in the country’s ...

Posted on 20 Nov 2025

Author(s): Ruben De Koning

Global Initiative

A conference of contradictions in Hanoi

...The UN’s first treaty to combat cybercrime received an unexpectedly high level of support at a dedicated conference in Vietnam in October, with 72 countries adding their signatures to the landmark d...

Posted on 18 Nov 2025

Author(s): Ian Tennant

EUR-Obs

What the declining amount of cocaine seized in western Europe doesn’t tell us

...The volume of cocaine seized in north-western European ports has fallen significantly in the last two years, following a decade of steady increases. From 2023 to 2024, Rotterdam reported a roughly 40%...

Posted on 17 Nov 2025

Author(s): Daniel Brombacher, Sarah Fares, Ruggero Scaturro

Global Organized Crime Index, Global Strategy, UN-TOC Watch

International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime 2025

...International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime...

Posted on 14 Nov 2025