APA-Obs

The business of exploitation: The economics of cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia

The business of exploitation:

...Cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia are part of a vast and evolving illicit industry that relies on trafficking, financial fraud, corruption and professional money laundering networks. This policy...

Posted on 19 Aug 2025

Author(s): Kristina Amerhauser, Audrey Thill

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Audrey Thill

...Audrey Thill is an independent analyst focusing on conflict, illicit economies and environmental crime. Previously, she worked for six years with an international NGO in Cambodia and Myanmar, conducti...

Posted on 18 Aug 2025

EAS-Obs

Den of thieves: Mapping organized crime in the South Caucasus

Den of thieves

...Criminal networks in the South Caucasus are expanding their reach across borders, exploiting both the region’s geographic position as a trade hub and its complex political environments. While in Aze...

Posted on 13 Aug 2025

Author(s): Alexander Kupatadze

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Yada Chuaychamnak

Field Coordinator - Thailand, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Yada joined the GI-TOC in August 2025 in the position of Field Coordinator. She is a dedicated development practitioner with extensive experience in community mobilization, human trafficking preventio...

Posted on 12 Aug 2025
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Minh Nhat Nguyen

Field Coordinator - Vietnam, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Minh Nhat Nguyen is an anti-money laundering (AML) and transnational crime specialist with extensive experience in Southeast Asian regulatory frameworks and cross-border cooperation initiatives. Previ...

Posted on 12 Aug 2025
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Phetmany Khemmana

Field Coordinator - Laos, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Phetmany Khemmana joined GI-TOC in August 2025 as the Laos Field Coordinator. He worked for over 10 years as a police officer focusing on disrupting TOC networks threatening biodiversity and natural r...

Posted on 12 Aug 2025
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Narin Sun

Field Coordinator - Cambodia, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Narin joined the GI-TOC in August as Field Coordinator in Cambodia. Prior to joining, he worked as a journalist covering investigative stories covering politics, elections, social issues, enterprise a...

Posted on 12 Aug 2025
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Mariana Martinez Cuellar

Economist, Institute for Defense Analyses

...Mariana Martínez Cuéllar is a security, defense, and justice policy specialist with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of organized crime, citizen security, and institutional g...

Posted on 08 Aug 2025
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Oliver Gnad

Co-founder and managing director of the Bureau fuer Zeitgeschehen (Bureau of Current Affairs)

...Oliver Gnad is the co-founder and managing director of the Bureau fuer Zeitgeschehen (Bureau of Current Affairs), a Frankfurt-based think-and-do-tank specialized in strategic foresight and scenario pl...

Posted on 06 Aug 2025
21 Aug

Global Strategy, SEE-Obs

Danger ahead? Scenarios for the future of organized crime in the Western Balkans

Danger ahead?

...Organized crime in the Western Balkans is adaptive, complex and increasingly transnational. While law enforcement and policymakers address today’s challenges, criminal actors are already preparing f...

Posted on 06 Aug 2025

Author(s): Walter Kemp, Ioannis Vlassis, Oliver Gnad

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Jason G Tower

Senior Expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Jason G Tower is a senior expert at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), where he works on organized crime, security and illicit economies in Southeast Asia, with a pa...

Posted on 31 Jul 2025

ESA-Obs

Mapping organized criminal economies in East and Southern Africa

Mapping organized criminal economies

...East and Southern Africa (ESA) is a pivotal node for organized crime, connecting regional criminal markets to global networks. From the shores of Somalia to border crossings and international air and ...

Posted on 30 Jul 2025
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