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Leon Castellanos-Jankiewicz

Senior Researcher, Asser Institute for International and European Law

...Leon Castellanos-Jankiewicz is a senior researcher in international law at the Asser Institute for International and European Law, and supervisor of the International Law Clinic on Access to Justice f...

Posted on 01 Sep 2025

WEA-Obs

What do two recent incidents reveal about Guinea-Bissau’s cocaine politics?

A murder and a shooting

...Guinea-Bissau has long been a central cog in the international cocaine trafficking system. Between 2005 and 2007, consignments of cocaine that had washed up on the country’s beaches was used to pain...

Posted on 29 Aug 2025

EAS-Obs

High-level corruption and state capture in the South Caucasus

Shadow states

...Over the last 35 years, the South Caucasus has undergone profound economic and geopolitical transformations. Yet beneath these changes, certain systems of governance have persisted, cultivating and en...

Posted on 28 Aug 2025

Author(s): Liam O’Shea

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Liam O’Shea

...Dr Liam O’Shea is a political and security analyst specializing in anti-corruption, security sector reform and the politics of institutional change, with expertise in Eurasia. He has led projects on...

Posted on 27 Aug 2025

APA-Obs

Scam empire strikes back: Crackdowns on Myanmar’s scam industry have had little material impact

...The Wang Xing incident – where a Chinese influencer was trafficked into and held hostage in multiple scam compounds on the Myanmar–Thailand border in early 2025 – attracted widespread attentio...

Posted on 27 Aug 2025

Author(s): Jason G Tower

Global Initiative

Organized crime in detention

...Prison reform has become increasingly urgent, at a time when the link between the criminal justice system's shortcomings and organized crime has become more apparent. With approximately 11.5 million p...

Posted on 25 Aug 2025

Author(s): Ioana Vasi

02 Sep

SEE-Obs, WEA-Obs

Under the radar: Western Balkans’ cocaine operations in West Africa

...Western Balkans criminal groups, comprising both Albanian- and Slavic-speaking networks, have become dominant players in the global cocaine trade. While their influence in Europe and Latin America has...

Posted on 25 Aug 2025

25 Aug

North America Strategic Platform on Organized Crime, UN-TOC Watch, HT-Obs

Armed instability: Tackling the nexus between arms proliferation and organized crime

...This side event will offer a comprehensive analysis of the global dynamics of firearms trafficking, drawing on research by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), and the...

Posted on 22 Aug 2025

Author(s): Paddy Ginn, Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison, Leon Castellanos-Jankiewicz

APA-Obs

The business of exploitation: The economics of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia

The business of exploitation:

...Cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia are part of a vast and evolving illicit industry that relies on trafficking, financial fraud, corruption and professional money laundering networks. This policy...

Posted on 19 Aug 2025

Author(s): Kristina Amerhauser, Audrey Thill

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Audrey Thill

...Audrey Thill is an independent analyst focusing on conflict, illicit economies and environmental crime. Previously, she worked for six years with an international NGO in Cambodia and Myanmar, conducti...

Posted on 18 Aug 2025

EAS-Obs

Den of thieves: Mapping organized crime in the South Caucasus

Den of thieves

...Criminal networks in the South Caucasus are expanding their reach across borders, exploiting both the region’s geographic position as a trade hub and its complex political environments. While in Aze...

Posted on 13 Aug 2025

Author(s): Alexander Kupatadze

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Yada Chuaychamnak

Field Coordinator - Thailand, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Yada joined the GI-TOC in August 2025 in the position of Field Coordinator. She is a dedicated development practitioner with extensive experience in community mobilization, human trafficking preventio...

Posted on 12 Aug 2025

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