Global Initiative

A history of the American mafia

...For a long time, the words ‘organized crime’ conjured up images of the American mafia, the Five Families of New York, with notorious figures such as Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano, Giuseppe ‘Joe th...

Posted on 24 Sep 2024

Author(s): Mark Shaw

EAS-Obs

A new phase of arms trafficking in Ukraine

...Recent evidence shows early signs that organized arms trafficking is on the rise in Ukraine, marking a potential change from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)’s la...

Posted on 23 Sep 2024

ESACD

Fostering collaboration against the illicit drug trade

Fostering collaboration against the illicit drug trade

...The Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs (ESACD) held its third high-level meeting in Zanzibar, on 3 and 4 September 2024, to work on developing mitigation and harm reduction strategies in ...

Posted on 23 Sep 2024

Global Initiative

Underworlds: The Podcast

...Organized crime is everywhere, hidden in plain sight. Tales from the underworld have been mythologized by Hollywood, but the reality can be even stranger than fiction. From the golden age of the Amer...

Posted on 23 Sep 2024

Author(s): Mark Shaw

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Dr. Carla Álvarez

Professor and Researcher, Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales

...Carla Álvarez Velasco is a researcher and professor at the Institute of Higher National Studies in Quito, Ecuador. She holds a PhD in Political Studies and a Master's degree in International Relation...

Posted on 20 Sep 2024
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Prof. Freedom Onuoha

Professor, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

...Prof. Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha is currently the Coordinator of Security, Violence and Conflict (SVC) Research Group at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He possesses over seventeen years of teaching, ...

Posted on 20 Sep 2024
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Dr. Juan Manuel Aguilar Antonio

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, North America Research Center

...Dr. Juan Manuel Aguilar Antonio is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Research on North America (CISAN), of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is a graduate of the Cyber ...

Posted on 20 Sep 2024
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Hamza Meddeb

Research Fellow at Malcolm H.Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

...Hamza Meddeb is a senior expert with research interests spanning politics, economics, and security studies. His work focuses on the political economy of Tunisia and North Africa, the politics of illic...

Posted on 20 Sep 2024
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Thiago Rodrigues

Associate Professor, Fluminense Federal University (UFF)

...Thiago Rodrigues is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Strategic Studies (INEST) of the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He got his PhD in Political Sciences (I...

Posted on 20 Sep 2024

Eco-Solve

Security and development dialogue on environmental crime

Security and development dialogue on environmental crime

...The Security and Development Dialogue on Environmental Crime, held virtually on 18 July 2024, was the first in a series of meetings to discuss how the challenges and weaknesses in existing responses t...

Posted on 20 Sep 2024
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Dr. Jean Sylvestre Djibiany BIAGUI

Institut pour la Paix et la Sécurité

...Dr. Jean Sylvestre Djibiany BIAGUI, a retired Colonel, is Director of the Institute for Peace and Security. His professional experience spans thirty-six years in the Armed Forces from the tactical to ...

Posted on 18 Sep 2024
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Eco-Solve

New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes 2024

...The exploitation of the environment underpins the ecosystem of organized crime. However, the issue receives insufficient political attention, in part perhaps because the scale and harms of the phenome...

Posted on 17 Sep 2024
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