UN Reform

Cannabis classification still up in the air

... The 63rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took place in Vienna (2–6 March), albeit with some slimmed down delegations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The agenda was also slim: onl...

Posted on 13 Mar 2020

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Resilience Fund

Advisory Council meets resilience builders in communities affected by organized crime

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Posted on 10 Mar 2020

SA-Obs

GI-TOC appoints Vusumzi (Vusi) Pikoli to the Board of its Southern and East African regional office in Cape Town

... PRESS RELEASE The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime appoints Vusumzi (Vusi) Pikoli, former director of South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority, to the Board of i...

Posted on 10 Mar 2020

Global Initiative

Will Brexit see organized crime taking back control?

... As Brexit is set to be the defining feature of the UK’s economic future, the same may also be true of its criminal economy. On 1 February 2020, the UK ceased to be a European Union member...

Posted on 04 Mar 2020

Author(s): Julia Stanyard, Lyes Tagziria

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

Southern Africa: Spikes in avocado and macadamia thefts (eNCA)

... The surprising emergence of black markets for avocados and macadamias in Southern Africa is the focus of our lead story for the ESAObs Risk Bulletin #5. Rising avocado theft echoes criminal trends se...

Posted on 04 Mar 2020

Author(s): Julia Stanyard

Global Initiative

Special Issue of European Review of Organized Crime – Organized Crime Groups in Asia

... This special issue of EROC will examine criminal organizations and networks in Asia. It will focus on four prominent economic power blocs: China, India, Japan and the Association of Southeast Asia...

Posted on 28 Feb 2020

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #5

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 5 February–March 2020 Summary highlights Organized-criminal syndicates are muscling in for a share of...

Posted on 28 Feb 2020

ENACT

Munich Security Conference discusses the Organized Crime Index Africa

... In September 2019, the Organized Crime Index Africa 2019 was launched by the ENACT research consortium. This, the first-ever index to measure organized crime, provides a multidimensional assessment o...

Posted on 27 Feb 2020

Crime & Conflict, UN-TOC Watch, WEA-Obs

Illicit economies fuel CAR conflict – UN

... In the Central African Republic, shadowy trade continues to fuel protracted violence and human-rights abuses, according to a recent UN Security Council report. In the Central African Republic (CAR...

Posted on 26 Feb 2020

Author(s): Summer Walker