SEE-Obs

Tackling Serious and Organized Crime in the Western Balkans

Tackling Serious and Organized Crime in the Western Balkans

... Organized crime is not a new phenomenon in the Western Balkans. Yet, despite its pervasiveness, research on the topic is scarce. Information is often anecdotal, and data is limited and frequently ...

Posted on 18 May 2020

Crime & Conflict, NAS-Obs

Mobility and conflict in Liptako-Gourma

Mobility and conflict in Liptako-Gourma

...Over the past four years the triangle border region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – known as Liptako-Gourma – has experienced heightened intercommunity violence and attacks by violent extremist ...

Posted on 15 May 2020

COVID & Crime

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°8

... Last week’s #CovidCrimeWatch newsletter focused on how criminal actors had exploited nationwide lockdowns to facilitate their criminal activity, and how different forms of organized crime are likel...

Posted on 13 May 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

COVID & Crime, Drug Policy

Crisis and opportunity: Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on illicit drug markets.

Crisis and opportunity:

... The implications of the coronavirus pandemic for governance and law enforcement will be profound and, from the perspective of illicit drug markets, the global disruption caused by COVID-19 can be see...

Posted on 13 May 2020

Author(s): Jason Eligh

Drug Policy, WEA-Obs

Breaking the vicious cycle: Cocaine politics in Guinea-Bissau

Breaking the vicious cycle:

... With the latest round of political conflict continuing to destabilize the minuscule West African country since late 2019 and early 2020, new evidence (and rumours) has emerged that cocaine is once...

Posted on 11 May 2020

Author(s): Mark Shaw

Drug Policy

Enforcement of drug laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites

... In this first report of this decade, the Global Commission on Drug Policy outlines how the current international drug control regime works for the benefit of transnational organized crime. It highlig...

Posted on 07 May 2020

Crime & Conflict, Crime & Terrorism, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #7

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa Issue 7 April–May 2020 Summary highlights Insurgent tactics are shifting in Cabo Delgado, following the pat...

Posted on 07 May 2020

COVID & Crime

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°7

... Since the end of January, countries across the world have introduced a wave of restrictive measures – the so-called ‘lockdowns’ – to contain the spread of the coronavirus, starting with the l...

Posted on 06 May 2020

COVID & Crime

Keeping children safe online during lockdown

... The risk of cyber child exploitation has grown dramatically as populations worldwide are forced to spend more time at home and online. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on internet u...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Author(s): John Carr OBE, David Danelo

COVID & Crime, UN-TOC Watch

Detour on the Road to Kyoto: Making the UN Crime Congress relevant under the shadow of Covid-19

Detour on the Road to Kyoto:

... The world is in a state of crisis. Health systems are under strain, businesses and employees are struggling, and ordinary life for many is simply on hold, or going downhill fast. We are yet to see th...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Author(s): Ian Tennant