Wildlife Watch, APA-Obs

The Chaimat case: Illegal logging, organized crime and money laundering in Thailand

The Chaimat case

...Timber smuggling in South East Asia is big business, as the simple act of crossing a border can send the price of some rare wood soaring. Siamese rosewood, for example, can increase in value by up to ...

Posted on 28 May 2021

UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Vienna counter-crime diplomacy held hostage to political disagreements

...The 30th annual session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice was marred by political disputes and chicanery, but offered a glimmer of hope for expert-led discussions in the fu...

Posted on 28 May 2021

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Assassination Witness, Drug Policy, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #18

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa Issue 18 Apr–May 2021 Summary highlights Bucking the trend: The impact of COVID‑19 on drugs markets in th...

Posted on 27 May 2021
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Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa

Investigative Journalist

...Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa is an investigative journalist based in Madagascar. She is a founder and the general secretary of the Madagascar Network of Investigative Journalists; she is an activist...

Posted on 24 May 2021
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Vel Moonien

Journalist

...Vel Moonien is a journalist with twenty-five years’ experience, including fifteen years reporting on police affairs including investigations relating to drugs. He has been deputy editor in chief of ...

Posted on 24 May 2021
03 Jun

Drug Policy, ESA-Obs

Changing Tides: The evolving illicit drug trade in the western Indian Ocean

Changing tides

...The islands of the western Indian Ocean have been drastically impacted by illicit drug markets. Mauritius and the Seychelles report some of the highest rates of heroin consumption in the world. Growin...

Posted on 24 May 2021

Author(s): Vel Moonien, Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo, Julia Stanyard

WEA-Obs

Deep-rooted interests: Licensing illicit logging in Guinea Bissau

Deep-rooted interests

...The widespread devastation of Guinea-Bissau’s forests – a process coordinated by the military – was curtailed in April 2015 by the imposition of a five-year moratorium on logging exports. Now, t...

Posted on 21 May 2021
20 May

UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch

All roads lead to Rome: Towards a coordinated multilateral response to organized crime and corruption

All roads lead to Rome:

...This year, Italy holds the presidency of the G20, and continues to chair its G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group. One of the priorities of the group for the year is to draw attention to the importance o...

Posted on 20 May 2021

Author(s): Ian Tennant

20 May

Resilience Fund

Rethinking Resilience: The role of women in community responses to organized crime

...The role of women in resilience responses to organized crime is generally unexplored, and this paper is intended as the beginning of a narrative that seeks to deepen understanding of this dynamic. Th...

Posted on 20 May 2021

Author(s): Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

Resilience Fund

Zero Risk Mentality: The damaging effect of AML/CFT measures for civil society

Zero Risk Mentality

...Despite the threats, intimidation and violence perpetrated by organized criminal groups, there are courageous groups of people all over the world who put themselves at great risk to support and protec...

Posted on 18 May 2021

Author(s): Floor Elize Knoote, Thalia Malmberg

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Thalia Malmberg

Programme Officer, Human Security Collective

...Thalia Malmberg is a programme officer at Human Security Collective, working on issues related to de-risking and the effects of countering terrorism financing measures on civil society. She previously...

Posted on 18 May 2021
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Floor Elize Knoote

Independent human rights researcher

...Floor Elize Knoote is an independent human rights researcher with over a decade of field experience in the investigation of violations linked to governments, corporations and financial institutions in...

Posted on 18 May 2021
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