NAM-Obs

Fentanyl and synthetic drugs monitor

Fentanyl and synthetic drugs monitor

...Fentanyl and synthetic drugs monitor ...

Posted on 07 Oct 2026

Author(s): Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Jason Eligh

UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Will the Crime Congress declaration prove to be more than words on paper?

...The 15th UN Crime Congress opened on Saturday, 26 September, in Abu Dhabi with the adoption of its declaration. Following a lengthy negotiation process, which began in 2025 and concluded in July 2026,...

Posted on 07 Oct 2026

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Sophia Schärer

SA-Obs

Joburglary: Assessing the crime–council ecosystem in the City of Johannesburg

Joburglary

...Click here to download the report Corruption and organised crime intersect in the City of Johannesburg in ways that exploit the machinery of local government for illicit ends. A new report from...

Posted on 06 Oct 2026

Assassination Witness, SA-Obs

Targeted killings and South Africa’s 2026 local government elections

Ballots and bullets

...At least 43 people have been murdered in suspected political assassinations in South Africa since the beginning of the year, as the country prepares for local government elections in November. By comp...

Posted on 02 Oct 2026

Author(s): Julian Rademeyer

CA-Obs

The outsourcing of security in the M23 conflict in the DRC

Violence for sale

...In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the March 23 Movement (M23) conflict has fuelled a self-reinforcing criminal ecosystem in which the outsourcing of violence serves as cover for econo...

Posted on 30 Sep 2026

Author(s): Zobel Behalal

Resilience Fund, NAM-Obs

How organized crime shapes Mexico’s media landscape

...The spread of fake news and the rise of artificial intelligence have placed journalists around the world at an unprecedented crossroads. Trust in factual information has declined, while fake news has ...

Posted on 28 Sep 2026

Author(s): Siria Gastelum Felix, Darwin Franco

Global Organized Crime Index

French Polynesia’s parallel drug flows

...This article draws on interviews with the French national police, the gendarmerie, France’s anti-drugs office (OFAST), customs, the French navy and local civil society organizations, including the F...

Posted on 28 Sep 2026

Author(s): Virginia Comolli

NAS-Obs

Human smuggling and trafficking in North Africa and the Sahel – 2026

Human smuggling and trafficking in North Africa and the Sahel

...North Africa and the Sahel have long been central to migrant movement, human smuggling and trafficking, with their importance growing steadily since the late 1990s. Today, the two regions are critical...

Posted on 25 Sep 2026