by AdrianaAMLP | Apr 28, 2026
The recommendations highlight how illicit gold mining and trade exploit weaknesses in financial regulation, customs oversight, and responsible sourcing frameworks, enabling criminal actors to launder proceeds through global gold markets and financial centres such as...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Mar 16, 2026
These operations rely heavily on trafficked and coerced individuals, while benefiting from a “glocal” model that combines local enablers—such as corruption, weak governance, and access to infrastructure—with global networks, technology, and crime-as-a-service tools....
by AdrianaAMLP | Feb 17, 2026
The initiative brings together governments, international organisations and civil society actors across Latin America to strengthen cooperation against organized crime through shared strategies, evidence-based policies and coordinated action. The Global Initiative...
by AdrianaAMLP | Feb 16, 2026
The Smoke Rings report explains how disruptions from the pandemic, war and sanctions reshaped Europe’s illicit cigarette market, with domestic “guerrilla” factories producing much of the illicit supply and traditional Eastern European sources adapting to changing...
by Jyotsna Bucktowar | Oct 7, 2025
Since the late 1990s, North Africa and the Sahel have been pivotal corridors for migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East aiming to reach Europe. These areas also serve as significant origin and destination points for migration. The COVID-19...
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