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Organized criminals in the western Balkans and particularly Albania are increasingly using the United Arab Emirates as a...

Blocked from international financial and gold markets following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia could use its influence in...

For decades, law enforcement has been neglecting the illegal trade and sale of protected wildlife online, leaving it up to...

The overwhelming majority of countries which had the highest rates of criminality in 2021 are those in the midst of armed...

The U.N. is set to begin negotiations between its member states to establish legal instruments to confront the growing...

At least 2,700 contract killings took place in 2019 and 2020 in more than 80 countries, enabling criminals to silence those...

The opaque nature of Mozambique’s illicit artisanal and small-scale mining industry has siphoned millions from the country’s...

Timber trafficking out of Myanmar, which is largely shipped to China, is responsible for the rapid deforestation of the...

People are the most traded commodity in the world of organized crime, but whatever the criminals choose to make profit from,...

Assassinations have long been part of criminal and often even political economies in east and the south of Africa, but...

Cheetah trafficking rates by sea from East Africa to Yemen reportedly increased by 58% between March 2020 and February 2021;...

Wildlife crime, from poaching to trafficking, remains a booming industry in East Africa. According to a recent report, it is...