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Illicit economies in Afghanistan under the Taliban
More than two years after the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan on 15 August 2021, the country is once again high on the UN’s agenda. The levels of conflict-related violence may have...
What does the recent escalation of mass abductions in Nigeria tell us?
A spate of abductions in Nigeria is heightening tensions in the country. What has happened, who is responsible and what does it say about where Nigeria is headed? Since the end of February, over 500...
Joint Brief | What does the recent escalation of mass abductions in Nigeria tell us?
A spate of abductions in Nigeria is heightening tensions in the country. In this Joint Brief with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), Kingsley Madueke, Lawan Danjuma...
Australia + 16 more
Politics at Play: Geopolitics and Organized Crime in the Pacific (March 2024)
Virginia Comolli The GI-TOC’s Pacific Programme is mapping how organized crime is impacting the Pacific Islands and exploring the different criminal actors driving illicit activities. Building and...
Mind the gap: Organized crime on the rise in Myanmar as resilience wanes
Louise Taylor 1 February 2024 marked the third anniversary of the coup in Myanmar. Although there is much geopolitical tension and conflict at the moment occupying people’s minds, with developments...
UK + 6 more
Small boats, big business: The industrialization of cross-channel migrant smuggling
As of January 2024, over 100 000 people had crossed the English Channel using small boats since 2018. The current peak came in 2022, when over 45 000 people were detected arriving in the UK illegally...
The war of thieves: Illicit networks, commoditized violence and the arc of state collapse in Sudan
J.R. Mailey Sudan’s current conflict, which erupted in April 2023, is the latest chapter in a story of rival predatory networks competing for control over formal and illicit economies, the...
Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GITOC): The 2024–2026 Strategy - New Ways to Think and Act
The world is facing a number of serious and often interlinked threats and challenges, including violent conflicts, climate change, growing inequality, the impact of rapid technological innovation and...
Mexico + 1 more
‘We just want to find our children’: Understanding disappearances as a tool of organized crime
Radha Barooah, Ana Paula Oliveira, Siria Gastelum Felix People from all walks of life have disappeared during Mexico’s so-called ‘war on drugs’; many others become victims of the growing global human...
A Critical Moment: Haiti’s Gang Crisis and International Responses (February 2024)
Haiti's gang crisis and international responses Over the last couple of years, security has continued to deteriorate alarmingly in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, and in rural areas in the centre...
Will Kenya’s bold policing mission to Haiti go ahead?
A court ruling on 26 January in Nairobi will decide whether Kenya can deploy police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country deal with criminal gangs. Ken Opala In October 2023, the United...
Benin + 2 more
Risk Bulletin: Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa, Issue 10 (January 2024)
Summary highlights Pitfalls in responding to armed groups’ supply chains: lessons from Cameroon and the Sahel. Armed groups and terrorist organizations rely on illicit financial flows, and both licit...
Quand les problèmes vicieux se rencontrent : Changement climatique, économies illicites et résilience communautaire dans les corridors du parc national du Niokolo-Koba, Sénégal
2023 – CADRE DE RÉSILIENCE FACE À LA CRIMINALITÉ ORGANISÉE EN AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST – ANALYSE APPROFONDIE Mouhamadou Kane et Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo Résumé En Afrique de l’Ouest, les populations...
Climate change, illicit economies and community resilience: Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal
In West Africa, communities grappling with the severe impacts of climate change are turning to organized crime for survival. This alarming trend worsens climate impacts and amplifies the damage to...
Burkina Faso + 2 more
Groupes d’autodéfense en réponse à la criminalité et aux conflits en Afrique de l’Ouest : Tirer les leçons des expériences internationales
2023 CADRE DE RÉSILIENCE FACE À LA CRIMINALITÉ ORGANISÉE EN AFRIQUE DE L’OUEST – ANALYSE APPROFONDIE Romain Le Cour Grandmaison, Flore Berger, Kingsley Madueke, Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo et...
Burkina Faso + 2 more
Self-defence groups as a response to crime and conflict in West Africa: Learning from international experiences [EN/PT]
Vigilante groups have multiplied across West Africa, becoming a prominent political and security concern in some states. The emergence of such groups is the result of accumulated citizen discontent...
Cameroon + 2 more
The tri-border tangle - Arms trafficking, crime and violence in the borderlands of Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic
The tri-border area of Chad, Cameroon and the Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the least-studied borderland regions of West Africa, despite its growing strategic importance. Following the...
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime welcomes INTERPOL’s Vienna Declaration on Transnational Organized Crime, and calls for more inclusive and effective responses
INTERPOL’s General Assembly last week adopted its Vienna Declaration on Transnational Organized Crime, which recognizes that the grave threats and harms of transnational organized crime are of...
Benin + 13 more
2023 West Africa Organised Crime Resilience Framework: Assessing threats and resilience - Foundational report
Lyes Tagziria and Lucia Bird Ruiz Benitez de Lugo Introduction West Africa is one of the world’s most vibrant and diverse regions; home to over 400 million people, around 1 200 languages and many...