Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime 33d ago

In episode 2 of 7, leading Russia expert Mark Galeotti examines how geopolitical turmoil — from Middle East instability to the partial lifting of sanctions on Russian oil — is creating dangerous loopholes that organised crime is primed to exploit. In this episode: Why sanctions uncertainty is a gift to criminal economies How the temporary lifting of restrictions on Russian oil could become permanent The knock-on effects for aluminium, fertiliser, and other sanctioned commodities Why disconnects between US and European sanctions regimes open the door for organised crime In this series: Leading Russia expert Mark Galeotti answers the key questions about Russian organised crime — from its structure and reach to how geopolitics is reshaping it. Watch the full series: ▶ Ep. 1 — How Has the Russia-Ukraine War Affected Organised Crime? | Russian Organized Crime | Ep. 1 ▶ Ep. 2 — How Sanctions Chaos Fuels Russian Organised Crime | Russian Organised Crime Ep. 2 ▶ Ep. 3 — How War Veterans Could Fuel Russian Organised Crime | Russian Organized Crime | Ep. 3 ▶ Ep. 4 — Are Russia's 'Wild 90s' Returning? Crime, Veterans & Putin's Failure | Russian Organized Crime Ep. 4 ▶ Ep. 5 — How Is the War in Ukraine Fuelling Gun Crime in Russia? | Russian Organised Crime | Ep. 5 ▶ Ep. 6 — How Russia Uses Organised Crime to Bust Sanctions | Russian Organised Crime Ep. 6 ▶ Ep. 7 — How Russian Organized Crime at home and abroad have drifted apart | Russian Organized Crime Ep. 7