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Dr. Alexander Chance

Head of Policy & Research, Transparency International (TI) Ireland

...Dr. Alexander Chance specialises in strategic approaches to transnational organised crime, illicit finance and corruption, including in post-conflict settings. As Head of Policy and Research at Transp...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025

APA-Obs

Mekong Matters: The podcast

...Across the Mekong, organized crime shapes daily life—from illegal casinos in the Golden Triangle and synthetic drug production in Vietnam, to human trafficking, cyber scams, and the looting of fores...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025
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Dr. Maureen Moriarty

Senior Fellow, Duke Center for International Development and Senior Associate in Land and Security, CDA Collaborative Learning

...Maureen Moriarty PH.D has 27 years of experience working at the Triple Nexus of the humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding sectors. She is a Senior Fellow at the Duke University Center for Inter...

Posted on 29 Oct 2025
28 Oct

Sanctions and organized crime, SEE-Obs

Beyond the blacklist: How effective are sanctions in the Western Balkans?

Beyond the blacklist

...ACCESS THE DATABASE Sanctions are a key instrument of national foreign policies, but their impact depends on how effectively they are implemented. This policy brief examines how actors in the W...

Posted on 28 Oct 2025

APA-Obs

Designating cyber scam networks helps protect those exposing them against legal challenges

...On 14 October 2025, the US government charged Chen Zhi, founder of the Cambodia-based multinational business conglomerate Prince Group, for allegedly masterminding a vast criminal empire involving the...

Posted on 28 Oct 2025

Author(s): Lindsey Kennedy, Nathan Paul Southern

CA-Obs

Captured riches: The message in CAR’s disappearing diamond

...In January 2025, a 177-carat rough diamond, one of the largest ever found in the Central African Republic (CAR), disappeared without a trace. Sources familiar with the case told the Global Initiative ...

Posted on 24 Oct 2025

Author(s): Nathalia Dukhan, Ruben De Koning, Zobel Behalal

24 Nov

Resilience Fund, WEA-Obs

From context to action: Investigating illicit gold trafficking and conflict dynamics in West Africa

...Reporting on illicit economies and instability helps communities understand the root causes of conflict. This webinar series is organized in the context of the Global Initiative Against Transnational...

Posted on 24 Oct 2025
18 Nov

Resilience Fund, WEA-Obs

Du contexte à l’action : Enquête sur les économies illicites et les groupes extrémistes violents en Afrique de l’Ouest

...Le reportage sur les économies illicites et l'instabilité aide les communautés à comprendre les racines des conflits. Cette série de webinaires est organisée dans le cadre du projet de l'Initia...

Posted on 24 Oct 2025

EUR-Obs

Lessons from the Louvre: How cultural heritage becomes criminal currency

...Early on 19 October 2025, four people disguised as construction workers executed a meticulously planned robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris. In under 10 minutes, they made off with eight items from ...

Posted on 23 Oct 2025

Author(s): Sarah Fares

25 Oct

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

GI-TOC attends the signing ceremony of the UN Convention against Cybercrime

...On 25 and 26 October 2025, representatives of UN member states, international organizations and civil society will gather in Hanoi for the signing ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cyb...

Posted on 20 Oct 2025
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Lieth Carrillo Sánchez

Analyst, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

...Lieth Carrillo is an analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. She holds a degree in anthropology from Andes University, with a specialization in law and state. She has e...

Posted on 20 Oct 2025
20 Oct

WEA-Obs

Illicit hub mapping in West Africa 2025

Illicit hub mapping in West Africa 2025

...CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE INTERACTIVE MAP Are you a journalist? Access the Media kit here West Africa is a region marked by profound economic dynamism but persistent insecurity. Over the pa...

Posted on 20 Oct 2025
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