Breaking the human smuggling policy trap
Small boats, smuggling networks and the case for a holistic response
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NAS-Obs, WEA-Obs
Cocaine and conflict in Mali, Niger, and Libya
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UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC
A moment of reckoning
Does the stagnation of the UNTOC review mechanism suggest that states have lost interest in the convention itself?
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Global Organized Crime Index, AMA-Obs, APA-Obs, AR-Obs, CA-Obs, CAM-Obs, CSA-Obs, EAS-Obs, ESA-Obs, EUR-Obs, HT-Obs, NAS-Obs, SA-Obs, SEE-Obs, WEA-Obs
The Global Organized Crime Index 2025
Crime at a crossroads
ASSASSINATION WITNESS
Who pays for a murder: The Daphne Caruana Galizia trial
The enabler’s advantage
The UK has laws in place to combat money laundering, but can it enforce them?
Resilience Fund
Manual para hablar con niñas, niños y adolescentes sobre violencia y crimen organizado
24-HOUR GLOBAL ORGANIZED CRIME CONFERENCE
OC 24 - 2026 | Call for application
A network to counter networks
The Global Initiative comprises a network of over 600 independent global and regional experts working on human rights, democracy, governance, and development issues where organized crime has become increasingly pertinent.
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Global Initiative
24 Aug 2026
Breaking the human smuggling policy trap
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CSA-Obs
13 Aug 2026
Human rights abuses in the Taliban’s drug control regime
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NAS-Obs, WEA-Obs
07 Aug 2026
Cocaine and conflict in Mali, Niger, and Libya
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Global Initiative
22 Jul 2026
City of Contrasts: Urban Safety, Migration and Climate Change and Their Impact on the Somali Community in Eastleigh, Nairobi
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CSA-Obs
09 Jul 2026
Heroin trafficking along the northern and southern routes
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APA-Obs
09 Jul 2026
Global Organized Crime Index 2025 – Oceania Overview
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Eco-Solve
07 Jul 2026
Monitoring online illegal wildlife trade: Featuring musk deer in South Asia and ostrich trade in Cameroon
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SA-Obs
30 Jun 2026
Western Cape gang monitor – Issue 9
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NAM-Obs
26 Jun 2026
The new drug world, Rethinking multilateral cooperation in an age of synthetic threats
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CSA-Obs
26 Jun 2026
India’s role in global synthetic drug markets
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SEE-Obs
18 Jun 2026
Professional enablers and the architecture of illicit finance in the Western Balkans
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Eco-Solve
17 Jun 2026
Combating the illegal wildlife trade online, A guide for cyber units, NGOs and researchers
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Our network
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View Profile Mark Micallef
Director of the North Africa and Sahel Observatory, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
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View Profile Richard Byrne
Consultant, Sweetwater Consulting
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View Profile Dr. Syed Kaleem Imam
Law Enforcement and Governance expert, Consultant CGR, UNAIDS, UNDP/Visiting Faculty Professor
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View Profile Simona Schreier
Prospective PhD Canditate, Donau University Krems
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View Profile Gernot Klantschnig
Associate Professor, University of Bristol
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View Profile Derica Lambrechts
Senior Lecturer & Head of Department, Political Science, Stellenbosch University
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View Profile Kyle Ballard
Senior Coordinator for Reports and Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
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View Profile Gabriella E. Sanchez
Lead of Migrant Smuggling Research, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute
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View Profile Danielle Watson
Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology