GI‑TOC’s 2025 Global Organised Crime Index shows that despite Europe’s 6.28 resilience score, rising FC, cyber fraud, expanding drug markets, and human trafficking signal evolving organised‑crime threats

by | Feb 25, 2026

The analysis finds that Europe demonstrates comparatively strong resilience to organised crime due to relatively robust governance, law-enforcement capacity and regulatory frameworks, although criminal markets remain active and increasingly sophisticated across the...

GI-TOC’s report, Judiciary and Anti-Corruption Bodies in the Western Balkans, flags political interference and limited resources as key challenges, calling for robust oversight and independent institutions

by | Sep 9, 2025

The report assesses the integrity and independence of judicial and anti-corruption bodies in the Western Balkans, highlighting persistent political interference, weak implementation of legal safeguards, opaque appointment processes, and resource constraints that...

GI-TOC highlights that organised crime in South Caucasus is going transnational, exploiting trade routes, political tolerance, and digital tools to fuel sanctions evasion and global illicit networks

by | Aug 13, 2025

While Azerbaijan has largely absorbed criminal networks into the state apparatus, Georgia and Armenia see groups operating with tacit political tolerance. Thieves-in-law remain influential, maintaining international operations in extortion, illicit trade, and money...