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Shifting landscapes, power plays dealing death and destruction through Cape Town’s ceaseless gang shootings

Shifting landscapes, power plays dealing death and destruction through Cape Town’s ceaseless gang shootings

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
19 Oct
Bandits on bikes — motorbike trafficking critical to armed groups’ mobility in the Sahel

Bandits on bikes — motorbike trafficking critical to armed groups’ mobility in the Sahel

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
10 May
Politics intersects with violent criminal gangs in Nigerian polls

Politics intersects with violent criminal gangs in Nigerian polls

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
07 May
Russia’s military, mercenary and criminal interests in west Africa look set to expand in 2023

Russia’s military, mercenary and criminal interests in west Africa look set to expand in 2023

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
01 Mar 2023
The shine dims on South Africa’s chrome as ruthless pirates muscle in on mining operations

The shine dims on South Africa’s chrome as ruthless pirates muscle in on mining operations

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
30 Jun 2022
‘The underworld runs the ANC’ — assassinations analysis shows stark reality of violence in KZN

‘The underworld runs the ANC’ — assassinations analysis shows stark reality of violence in KZN

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
27 Jun 2022
The long and tricky road to prosecuting wildlife-trafficking kingpin Moazu Kromah and his network

The long and tricky road to prosecuting wildlife-trafficking kingpin Moazu Kromah and his network

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
22 Jun 2022
Months of elevated gang violence at crisis levels in Cape Town’s Grassy Park and surrounds

Months of elevated gang violence at crisis levels in Cape Town’s Grassy Park and surrounds

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
20 Jun 2022
‘Construction mafias’ are holding a key South African economic sector to ransom

‘Construction mafias’ are holding a key South African economic sector to ransom

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
16 Jun 2022
The seizure of more than 1,000 assault rifles en route to Yemen points to Iranian state-sponsored arms smuggling

The seizure of more than 1,000 assault rifles en route to Yemen points to Iranian state-sponsored arms smuggling

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
16 Mar 2022
Investigation into arms flows to al-Shabaab insurgents points to Mozambican military

Investigation into arms flows to al-Shabaab insurgents points to Mozambican military

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
15 Mar 2022
Farhad Hoomer and the broader picture of Islamic State-linked cases in South Africa

Farhad Hoomer and the broader picture of Islamic State-linked cases in South Africa

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
03 Mar 2022
‘Loved to death’: Poaching for the horticultural market threatens cycads in South Africa

‘Loved to death’: Poaching for the horticultural market threatens cycads in South Africa

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
04 Jan 2022
Targeting of three women for assassination shows how violence is shaping electoral politics

Targeting of three women for assassination shows how violence is shaping electoral politics

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
26 Oct 2021
From Afghanistan to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado – the implications of Taliban rule for the southern African drug trade

From Afghanistan to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado – the implications of Taliban rule for the southern African drug trade

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
26 Oct 2021
Madagascar’s vanilla industry has become a magnet for corruption, money laundering and criminality

Madagascar’s vanilla industry has become a magnet for corruption, money laundering and criminality

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
13 Sep 2021
Worrying signs for elephant conservation: Data shows 2020 rise in black-market ivory prices

Worrying signs for elephant conservation: Data shows 2020 rise in black-market ivory prices

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
09 Sep 2021
Massive ammunition theft in Durban raises fears of increased volatility and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal

Massive ammunition theft in Durban raises fears of increased volatility and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
08 Sep 2021
Fishy Business: A web of local and international actors facilitates the depletion of Somalia’s marine resources

Fishy Business: A web of local and international actors facilitates the depletion of Somalia’s marine resources

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
14 Jul 2021
Era of captive lion industry in South Africa may be over – what does this mean for the lion bone trade?

Era of captive lion industry in South Africa may be over – what does this mean for the lion bone trade?

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
11 Jul 2021
Drugs markets in the islands of the western Indian Ocean — drug-related corruption in the Seychelles (Part Four)

Drugs markets in the islands of the western Indian Ocean — drug-related corruption in the Seychelles (Part Four)

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
02 Jun 2021

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