EAS-Obs

Entrepreneurial newcomers: Russian-speaking migrant smugglers on the US southern border

...Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted thousands of Russians to flee their country for fear of political persecution. Migration flows from Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan, have also surged....

Posted on 11 May 2023

Author(s): Yulia Vorobyeva

UN - Security and Rights, UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

UN cybercrime treaty Ad Hoc Committee: Circle remains unsquared

...As negotiations on the UN treaty advance, there are looming questions for the upcoming zero draft. Lack of consensus on key points continues to define the formative stages. The UN Ad Hoc Committee ne...

Posted on 08 May 2023

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Summer Walker

Global Organized Crime Index

The criminal cost of Sri Lanka’s crisis

...Sri Lanka’s political and economic crisis has had a broader destabilizing effect on the country, with challenges to food security and law and order, in particular. The economic stress has also gener...

Posted on 05 May 2023

Author(s): Rukshana Rizwie

UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch, HT-Obs

Gang control and security vacuums: Assessing gender-based violence in Cité Soleil, Haiti

Gang control and security vacuums

...This brief summarizes research conducted in December 2022 on gender-based violence (GBV) in Cité Soleil, an impoverished, high-density commune of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. GBV – and sexual violence, i...

Posted on 04 May 2023

Author(s): Summer Walker

WEA-Obs

West Africa Risk Bulletin #7

Observatory of illicit economies in West Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF fr Français Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa Issue 7 April 2023 Summary highlights Drug distribution markets are key to the economic resilience of the Yandab...

Posted on 27 Apr 2023