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A proposal to fortify South Africa’s organized crime laws against enablers

From gangs to grey agents

...South Africa’s organised crime economy is not just the work of gangs and enterprise kingpins. It endures because a grey layer of professional enablers –lawyers, accountants, logistics firms, secur...

Posted on 15 Oct 2025

Author(s): Raph Mackintosh

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How have Albanian networks come to dominate cocaine trafficking to Europe?

...While the world was grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and its knock-on effects on global trade, one illicit economy proved stubbornly resilient to the shocks: cocaine trafficking. On 4 November 202...

Posted on 11 Oct 2025

Author(s): Fatjona Mejdini

Geocriminality, APA-Obs

China’s acquiescence to Myanmar’s military regime fuels ‘foreigner butchering’ scam epidemic

...In July 2025, a Chinese court opened a case against Bai Suocheng and his son Bai Yingcang, the former leaders of the Myanmar military’s Kokang Border Guard Force (BGF), for over 31 000 counts of onl...

Posted on 10 Oct 2025

Author(s): Jason G Tower

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Augusto Lima

AML unit Coordinator, Rio Grande do Norte's Prosecutor Office

...Augusto Lima is a distinguished State Prosecutor at the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio Grande do Norte, where he has served since 2010. Throughout his career, he has held numerous leadership and ...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Dr. Gohar Petrossian

Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

...Dr. Gohar Petrossian is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, and the Executive Officer of the Criminal Justice Doctoral Program at City University of New York - Graduate Center. Dr Petro...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Fausto Carbajal Glass

Senior Advisor on Political Risk and Security, Miranda Partners

...Fausto is Senior Advisor at Miranda Partners and founder of Delphi Solutions and Strategic Services, a consultancy and scientific research firm based in Mexico City, concentrating on political risk an...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Fábio Bechara

Professor/Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

...Fábio Bechara has been a State Prosecutor in São Paulo since 1996, and Deputy Attorney General. He is a former member of the Special Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of Organized Crime, wi...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Lorenzo Vallejos Mazzini

International consultant in environmental crime and governance/ Independent consultant

...Lorenzo is an International Consultant specializing in environmental crime, forest governance, and sustainable development policy across Latin America's Amazon Basin. He has over 24 years of experienc...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Rova Herinavalona Rakotondranjalahy

Specialist in Financial Fraud, Corruption, and Money Laundering Regional Representative for Africa – Asia Africa Forum on Corruption (AAFC)

...Rova Herinavalona Rakotondranjalahy is a specialist in financial fraud, corruption, and money laundering, with over ten years of experience in prevention and detection of financial crime. He has serve...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Maria Zuppello

Independent Investigative Reporter

...Maria Zuppello is an Italian expert based in São Paulo, Brazil, with a background in investigative journalism. She has covered Latin America for numerous international media outlets, including The Gu...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Caspar Schliephack

PVE Consultant, RAA Brandenburg

...Caspar Schliephack, M.A., has worked as a consultant in the field of preventing violent extremism (PVE) in Brandenburg since 2018. With a Master’s degree in Islamic Studies, his expertise lies in fi...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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Nicole Byrd

Contract analyst, Earth League International

...Over the past 15 years, Nicole Byrd has worked drug trafficking, human trafficking, and environmental and wildlife crime. She uses this broad experience to specialize in understanding crime convergenc...

Posted on 08 Oct 2025
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