2020 marked the start of a global pandemic and the world’s first 24-hour virtual conference on global organized crime, #OC24. Since then, six editions of OC24 have taken place, bringing together ...

Environmental crime has become one of the fastest-growing forms of organized crime worldwide. Illegal mining and logging, ...

USP and GI-TOC launch a partnership on organized crime research, with joint work on the PCC, the Amazon and private sector ...

After the three-month internet blackout imposed following the ​​​​​​US–Israeli strike that killed Ayatollah Khamenei in February, Iran emerged a fundamentally different regime. It had learnt the value ...

GI-TOC examines how corruption and organized crime exploit Johannesburg’s city council, undermining governance, ...

On 23 August, after weeks of planning, armed men attacked the rural community of Kenscoff, outside the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. The assault left at least 47 people dead and culminated in one ...

In early June 2026, four migrant farmworkers were burnt to death in a car at a petrol station in Calabria, southern Italy, following an alleged dispute over unpaid wages. This case once again brought ...

Illicit gold is one of the most consequential criminal markets in the world. The term ‘illicit gold’ applies to a wide range of activities and products: gold that is illicitly mined, processed or ...

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In Haiti, 5 915 people were killed in 2025 (compared to 5 601 in 2024). The national homicide rate got to 49.8 per 100 000 people, and Port-au-Prince, which is home to about a quarter of the ...

Scams and fraud have undergone a profound evolution in recent decades, becoming one of the most sophisticated, pervasive and lucrative forms of organized crime globally. According to the Global ...