Protecting Politics

Public protests: Of Governments and Criminals…

...The hills ringing Iguala have secrets. Searchers have been combing the hills for almost a month, seeking any sign of the 43 students who disappeared in Iguala in late September. The students—from a ...

Posted on 04 Nov 2014

Global Initiative

Reporting on Crime and Governance in West Africa

Reporting on Crime and Governance in West Africa

...The impact of criminal governance in West Africa West Africa is a region reputed for its multi-dimensional fragility, where widespread poverty, inequality and under-development are exacerbated by e...

Posted on 28 Oct 2014

Development Dialogue

Analyzing Organized Crime – October 2014

...Abajo la versión en español Many things are changing in the way that organized crime groups behave, and some of the most fundamental assumptions upon which we base our policymaking and responses ne...

Posted on 26 Oct 2014

Development Dialogue, UN-TOC Watch

The future of UNTOC? Does un-reviewed equate to irrelevant?

...Abajo la versión en español At the beginning of this year we wrote that 2014 would be the marker for the effectiveness of the United Nations Transnational Organized Crime Convention (UNTOC), and fo...

Posted on 22 Oct 2014

Global Initiative

Tunisia’s Borders (II): Terrorism and Regional Polarisation

...The growing link between cartels and armed jihadi militants along Tunisia’s borders with Algeria and Libya, combined with heightened ideological polarisation, could form an explosive mix ahead of Tu...

Posted on 21 Oct 2014

Development Dialogue, WEA-Obs

African Union analyses Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime in West and Central Africa

African Union analyses Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime in West and Central Africa

...Abajo la versión en español As part of the ongoing Sixth Session of its Conference of Ministers of Drug Control in Addis Ababa, the African Union has just released a new report, Comprehensive Asses...

Posted on 09 Oct 2014

Private Sector

The world trade system must arm itself to fight illicit trade

...The world is witnessing a remarkable explosion in trade. Since the inception of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995 cross-border trade has more than trebled, far outpacing global GDP growth. In...

Posted on 30 Sep 2014

Author(s): Karl Lallerstedt

Global Initiative

From margins to mainstream: calling for more integrated approaches to organised crime

...Abajo la versión en español Organized crime used to be regarded as being apart from mainstream issues of security, governance, and development in the same way that “Crime” is displayed in a sep...

Posted on 26 Sep 2014

Development Dialogue, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

How does your garden grow? The Tuxtla Gutiérrez Cocaine Experiment

...Abajo la versión en español The find was unexpected and troubling. On September 9th, in the small Mexican town of Tuxtla Gutiérrez—located in Chiapas state—authorities uncovered the first evid...

Posted on 23 Sep 2014

Global Initiative

Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work

...The upcoming United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) in 2016 is an unprecedented opportunity to review and re-direct national drug control policies and the ...

Posted on 20 Sep 2014

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics, Resilience Fund

Social Networks: the showcase of organised crime

...Abajo la versión en español Today, everything – or almost everything - can be found on the internet social networks.  Californian gangs show off their crimes on Twitter to promote their reputati...

Posted on 11 Sep 2014

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics

GIN Interview: Jorge Chabat, Professor, International Studies at the Center for Research and Teaching on Economics (CIDE), Mexico City

... Dr. Jorge Chabat is currently head of the Division of International Studies at the Center for Research and Teaching on Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City. Dr. Chabat is a security and drug traf...

Posted on 03 Sep 2014