Sanctions and organized crime, HT-Obs

Haiti: How US terrorist designations could deepen criminal rule and humanitarian tragedy

...In the first quarter of 2025, at least 1 617 people were killed in Haiti. As the gangs have tightened their grip over the country, the need for aid is intensifying – more than a million people have ...

Posted on 08 May 2025

Author(s): Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison, Matt Herbert

EAS-Obs

Who is making Russia’s drones?

Who is making Russia's drones?

...The Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ), located in the Republic of Tatarstan in south-west Russia, plays a major role in Russia’s war economy. Thousands of attack and reconnaissance drones are prod...

Posted on 08 May 2025
19 May

Eco-Solve, Resilience Fund, Sustainable Development Goals, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

The Global Initiative at the 34th CCPCJ

...From 19 to 23 May 2025, representatives of UN member states, international organizations and civil society will gather in Vienna – and in virtual events – for the annual UN Commission on Crime Pre...

Posted on 07 May 2025

UN - Security and Rights

UN Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025: GI-TOC joins the Global Alliance for Peace Operations

UN Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025

...GI-TOC has joined the Global Alliance for Peace Operations – a collective endeavour of more than 50 leading think tanks, research institutes and civil society organizations working on UN and regiona...

Posted on 02 May 2025

Author(s): Summer Walker

13 May

UN - Security and Rights, UN Reform

The future of spoilers

...At this year’s United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin, governments will come from around the world to discuss the future of peacekeeping. A particular thorn in the side of peacekeeping ha...

Posted on 02 May 2025

EAS-Obs

Odesa: An oasis for organized crime

Odesa

...As Ukraine continues to resist Russia’s full-scale invasion, the port city of Odesa presents a paradox: while under frequent aerial assault, many aspects of life appear remarkably normal. This repor...

Posted on 30 Apr 2025
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MSc. Carolina Andrade Quevedo

General Secretary for Security Affairs of Quito

...Carolina is a political scientist. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science with a specialization in Public Affairs from Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris. Specialist in Intelligence Se...

Posted on 29 Apr 2025
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Carlos Charme

Specialist in Security and Justice, Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe

...Carlos is a lawyer who is an expert in the strategic design, implementation, control, execution, and territorial application of public policies, particularly programs related to the prevention, treatm...

Posted on 29 Apr 2025

Global Organized Crime Index

Morocco’s cannabis policy aims high, but faces resistance in its bid to formalize a deeply rooted informal economy

...For decades, Morocco has been one of the world’s largest producers of illicit cannabis. Cultivation is deeply woven into the social and economic fabric of the northern mountainous region of the Rif....

Posted on 29 Apr 2025

Author(s): Raouf Farrah

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Abigail Robinson

Independent Expert

...Abigail Robinson is an international security expert who has focused throughout her career on the role good governance plays in security and conflict prevention. Her current work focuses on climate an...

Posted on 29 Apr 2025
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David Bright

Professor, Deakin University

...Professor David Bright is a criminologist and forensic psychologist. His research interests include criminal networks, organised crime, and illicit markets (e.g., drugs, tobacco, firearms). He runs th...

Posted on 28 Apr 2025
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Benjamin Smith

Head of Organised Crime and Peacemaking, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

...Benjamin Smith currently heads up the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)’s Organised Crime and Peacemaking programme. He also provides strategic and substantive advice to mediators and conflict p...

Posted on 25 Apr 2025
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