19 Oct

WEA-Obs

Non-State Armed Groups and Illicit Economies in West Africa: JNIM

...Off the heels of successive coups in the region, ACLED and GI-TOC are launching a joint series of publications profiling non-state armed groups in West Africa that explores the intersections of their ...

Posted on 16 Oct 2023

Global Initiative

The next cocaine crossroads? Western Asia’s cocaine connection

...Western Asia is perceived as playing a relatively minor role in the global cocaine trade. However, claims that Turkey may be emerging as a major cocaine corridor to Europe raise questions about a pote...

Posted on 13 Oct 2023

Author(s): Sarah Fares, Laura Adal

CSA-Obs, EAS-Obs

Crossroads: Kazakhstan’s changing illicit drug economy

Crossroads

...Kazakhstan has long been an important transit corridor for drugs, being strategically situated between drug-producing areas in South Asia (mainly Afghanistan) and drug consumption markets in Russia an...

Posted on 12 Oct 2023

Author(s): Yulia Vorobyeva

26 Oct

NAS-Obs

Human Smuggling in Libya, Niger and Chad: evolution amid conflict and political turmoil

...This event is based on the recently published report series: Human smuggling and trafficking ecosystems - North Africa and the Sahel covering changing dynamics in Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Niger, Cha...

Posted on 11 Oct 2023
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Katja Lindskov Jacobsen

Senior Researcher, Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen, Department of Political Science

...Dr Katja Lindskov Jacobsen is a senior researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Political Science. Part of her intervention research explores pi...

Posted on 10 Oct 2023
17 Oct

ENACT, Global Organized Crime Index, ESA-Obs, NAS-Obs, WEA-Obs

Global meets local: new transnational organised crime trends in Africa

...The illegal trade and flow of people, goods and substances occurring in Africa have an impact beyond the continent’s borders, as shown by rising irregular migration and illicit financial flows into ...

Posted on 09 Oct 2023
20 Oct

Global Organized Crime Index, APA-Obs

Illegal waste trade: What are we wasting our time on?

...The global trade in illegal waste is a phenomenon that lacks proper monitoring and enforcement for a myriad of reasons. With the UNODC’s plan for a global strategy to fight this and UNEP’s upcomi...

Posted on 03 Oct 2023
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Peter Gagliardi

Consultant on Crime Gun Intelligence

...Pete Gagliardi is a consultant on matters related to Crime Gun Intelligence (CGI). He provides thought leadership and strategic planning support to help governments develop sustainable solutions aimed...

Posted on 03 Oct 2023

EAS-Obs, SEE-Obs

Borderline: Impact of the Ukraine war on migrant smuggling in South Eastern Europe

Borderline

...The war in Ukraine has spurred the largest refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War. According to EU border and coastguard agency Frontex, by the end of 2022, 15 million Ukrainian citizens ...

Posted on 29 Sep 2023

Author(s): Tihomir Bezlov, Atanas Rusev, Dardan Kocani

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Atanas Rusev

Director Security Program at Center for the Study of Democracy

...Atanas Rusev has over ten years of experience in security research, policy analysis and consultancy across governmental and non-government sectors. His research focuses on organised crime, criminal ma...

Posted on 29 Sep 2023
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Tihomir Bezlov

Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)

... Tihomir Bezlov is a leading expert in crime research with over 20 years of experience. As a senior fellow at the CSD since 1997, he has authored a number of reports and sociological studies....

Posted on 29 Sep 2023
10 Oct

WEA-Obs

Armed groups, vehicle trafficking, and (de)stabilizing local economies

...How do armed groups in the Sahel obtain the motorbikes, and the cars that they depend on for their operations? In this webinar, we will examine the role of motorbike trafficking in armed groups activ...

Posted on 28 Sep 2023
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