Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Health podcasts and influencers praise peptides as health boosts but they lack clinical studies and aren't licensed medicine. Counterfeit drugs are dangerous, you never know what you're injecting. ...

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Extensive intergovernmental cooperation between Ukraine and its allies fuels knowledge sharing on military systems, tactics, and countermeasures. Thousands of foreign fighters on the ground are act...

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The politicians killed represented four different political parties. And while the motivations of these killings remains unclear, it is likely that they are politically motivated or organized crime...

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In Episode 4 of 7, Mark Galeotti examines whether Russia is heading back to the lawless chaos of the 1990s — and why Putin's failure to lead on the issue of returning war veterans could make a surg...

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FIFA named ADI PredictStreet the first-ever official prediction market partner of the FIFA World Cup 2026, a reported $152 million deal. But unlike traditional sportsbooks, prediction markets let u...

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Russia has just issued an international arrest warrant for an obscure 64-year-old crime boss and that single document tells you a lot about the current state of the Russian underworld. In the first...

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Mark Galeotti has spent decades studying Russian organized crime. He drank with gangsters, visited them in prison, and even got shot at once (but it wasn't meant to hit, anyway). Bratva is his mon...

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Colombia’s election is heavily focused on security policies and responses to organized crime. The two leading candidates, right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella and left-wing candidate Ivá...

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Russia's illegal gun market is expanding — and the worst may still be ahead. As the war in Ukraine grinds on, weapons prices in Russia have dropped by up to 75%, violent armed crime is spreading ac...

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Since the 'special military operation' began, Russia has seen a rise in armed crimes, particularly in regions bordering Ukraine and in impoverished areas. Illegally obtained weapons from the battle...

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The leader of one of Latin America's most notorious criminal organisations is dead. On June 13th, the U.S. government announced they had carried out a targeted strike killing Niño Guerrero, the hea...

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Armenia's recent election was about more than domestic politics. The result carries consequences for the licit and illicit trade networks running through the South Caucasus — routes that have grown...

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For Kseniia Tkachuk, it looked like intense conversations, new friendships, shared challenges, and a renewed belief that change is possible. At this year’s CCPCJ in Vienna, Kseniia joined the GI-T...

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Millions of unaccounted firearms threaten to fuel organized crime and homicide. As criminal groups grow stronger, the risk of these weapons flooding into gang hands is immense, with devastating con...

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The US has labeled Brazil's largest criminal groups, PCC and Comando Vermelho, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The designation aims to curb the group's influence in the US. However, the PCC a...

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Scam call centres are one of the most profitable criminal markets in the world. And they're growing. As these operations become more sophisticated — adapting their tactics, targets, and technology ...

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A routine report about a march. Then illegal weapons. Secret training. Warnings that went nowhere. David Africa on how he first uncovered the PAGAD threat, and why nobody listened. Watch the full e...

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Arms trafficking from the Ukraine conflict may not yet be a crisis — but the window to act is now. In this video, Tuesday Reitano, Managing Director at the Global Initiative against Transnational O...

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What began as targeted killings of gang leaders in Cape Town escalated into something far more indiscriminate, and far more deadly. David Africa on the scale of PAGAD's campaign of violence. Watch ...

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