Global Organized Crime Index, UN Cyberwatch

The cybercrime arms race

...On 19 September, several European airports experienced flight delays and operational issues after their check-in and boarding systems were hit by a cybersecurity breach, causing disruption for thousan...

Posted on 30 Sep 2025

Author(s): Camilla Silvi Marchini

AMA-Obs

The PCC’s mafia moment

...On 15 September, Ruy Ferraz Fontes, São Paulo’s former police chief, was assassinated by three assailants using high-grade rifles in a busy road in the city of Praia Grande. Ongoing police investig...

Posted on 24 Sep 2025

Author(s): Gabriel Funari

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, AR-Obs

Ecuador’s criminal crisis

...William Joffre Alcívar Bautista, known as 'Negro Willy', rose to lead the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones while serving as a prison guard. After relocating to Spain in September 2023, he allegedly con...

Posted on 22 Sep 2025

Author(s): Renato Rivera

HT-Obs

From criminal governance to community fragmentation: Addressing Haiti’s escalating crisis

From criminal governance to community fragmentation:

...Haiti is undergoing a profound transformation of its crisis, marked by the consolidation of criminal governance, violent territorial fragmentation, and the erosion of state authority. This policy brie...

Posted on 18 Sep 2025

UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

A happy birthday? As member states prepare for the next Crime Congress, delegates should take stock of the shortcomings of the UNTOC

...The United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), adopted in 2000, turns 25 this year. To mark this milestone, the Transnational Criminal Law Review published a special issu...

Posted on 16 Sep 2025

Author(s): Darren Brookbanks, Alexandra Steinhoff