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*Turkish delight - Turkey's drug gangs branch out
Turkey's strategic location and its proximity to opium-producing areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan have long made it an important transit country for drug trafficking and...
29-Aug-2008
*Blood brothers - The rise of Chechen organised crime
Chechen organised crime is not a specific gang so much as a distinctive criminal subculture. Generally known as the bratva ('brotherhood' - although it is...
28-Aug-2008
*Trends in the north - New actors in Italy's drugs market
Historically, the Italian illegal drug market has been divided on a regional basis between the country's four main mafia groupings: the Cosa Nostra, the Camorra, ...
14-Aug-2008
*Black ice - Methamphetamines on the rise in Mexico
Methamphetamines have not garnered the same media attention in the United States as more traditional drugs such as cocaine, marijuana and heroin. This is ...
14-Aug-2008
*Phoenix potential - The Zemun Clan's ongoing influence
On 12 March 2003, Serbian Premier Zoran Djindjic was killed by a high-powered sniper rifle as he moved from his limousine into the government building. ...
15-Jul-2008
*Stricken Kiev - Ukraine emerges as drug trafficking hub
The traditional route for opiates being trafficked from Afghanistan towards Turkey and Europe is through Iran, Pakistan and central Asia. However, increased seizures of heroin ...
15-Jul-2008
*Paradise lost - violent crime in the Caribbean
The Caribbean's image as a holiday paradise is belied by rising rates of violent crime across the region. Data published by the UN Office on ...
23-Jun-2008
*The Italian job - the diversification of Italian crime
While the majority of national and international attention is focused on Italy's four main mafia groupings (Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta, the Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita), ...
17-Jun-2008
*House of Bamboo - Taiwan's criminal folk heroes
When former United Bamboo leader Chen Chi-li, or 'the Duck' as he was also known, died of pancreatic cancer in Hong Kong on 4 October ...
11-Jun-2008
*Bodies of evidence - Decoding tattoos used by criminal gangs
Tattoos date back at least 5,000 years and have been used to identify tribes, classes and identities around the world. Within criminal organisations, they have ...
10-Jun-2008
*Firing line - Tracking Mexico's illegal weapons
The launch of a major security initiative by Mexican President Felipe Calderón in late 2006 may have disrupted the activities of the major drug cartels,...
15-May-2008
*Business as usual - Is the Thai drugs war a political distraction?
On 4 April 2008, Thailand officially launched its second 'war on drugs' of the current decade. Hard-edged official rhetoric in the run-up to the latest...
15-May-2008
*Empire of the sun - Russian organised crime's global network
Russian organised crime poses a serious challenge to national and global security alike, and also poses complex challenges to criminal analysis. While discreet, local gangs...
28-Apr-2008
*Nostra damned? - Police chip away at Sicily's Cosa Nostra
Italian law enforcement agencies have achieved several high-profile successes against the Sicilian mafia in recent years, with the arrest of long-term leader Bernardo Provenzano in ...
09-Apr-2008
*Republic resistance - Fighting back against Irish organised crime
Organised crime in the Republic of Ireland centres on drug trafficking and the related problems of gangland violence and firearms use. Gangland killings are increasing,...
10-Mar-2008
*Yakuza bared - The changing face of Japanese organised crime
In April 2007, Nagasaki Mayor Itcho Ito was shot dead as he left his campaign office. His killer was a member of a sub-group of ...
10-Mar-2008
*Dirty money? - Tracing the misuse of hawala networks
Before the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States, few governments were concerned by the potential for criminal misuse of hawala, the long-standing,...
13-Feb-2008
*Provisional peace - Can Northern Ireland leave Troubles behind?
Despite major progress in the peace process in Northern Ireland since 1997, it remains unclear what has happened to the substantial assets alleged to have...
08-Feb-2008
*Hidden Camorra - Italy's international threat
The arrest of one of the alleged heads of the Neapolitan Camorra criminal organisation in December 2007 has highlighted the activities of the group, which ...
28-Jan-2008
*Countering criminals - Macedonia's fight against organised crime
As in the case of most post-communist countries, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's deteriorating economic situation, alongside the rapid transition from socialist to democratic ...
15-Jan-2008
*Facing its fears - Azerbaijan cracks down on organised crime
At the end of October 2007, Azeri security forces reported they had foiled a jihadist terrorist plot to attack the United States and UK embassies...
11-Jan-2008
*Mafia mayhem - The fight against Italy's Cosa Nostra
The arrest of Sicilian Cosa Nostra boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo in November 2007 demonstrates the Italian police's continued pressure on the criminal organisation. Lo Piccolo ...
12-Dec-2007
*Favela firepower - Outgunning the gangs in Rio
Brazil's Rio de Janeiro remains one of the world's most violent cities, with a 2006 murder rate of 54 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. However, the ...
06-Dec-2007
*Gulf war - Pressure mounts on Mexico's Gulf Cartel
Gulf Cartel - key facts Group name: The Gulf Cartel (cartel del Golfo) Level of threat: High Status: Active Founding date: 1970s Group type:...
03-Dec-2007
*Under Western eyes - Cocaine trafficking into the Iberian peninsula
Demand for cocaine in Europe is rapidly growing, maintaining the importance of Spain and Portugal as entry points to the European mainland. In 2006, prices...
27-Nov-2007
*Chain of command - An examination of human trafficking
Providing an accurate assessment of the extent of human trafficking is unsurprisingly a difficult task. Part of the problem is lack of information on trafficking....
18-Oct-2007
*Passive aggressive - Sweden combats organised crime
Sweden has historically been comparatively free from serious organised crime. However, over the past decade there has been a significant increase in market-based organised crime,...
17-Oct-2007
*Clan connections - The rise and rise of the Italian 'Ndrangheta
Italian organised crime is once again at the heart of European police operations. On 30 August, 33 people were arrested in the southern Italian town...
20-Sep-2007
Shooting match - Gang-related killings surge in Japan
Japan witnessed an upsurge in gang-related shootings in the first half of 2007. The violence is a result of organised crime syndicates seeking new ways...
18-Sep-2007
Small-arms, big problem - Light weapons trafficking in Albania
Over the past 10 years, Albania has become a significant locus for illegal small-arms trafficking, acting as both a source country and a transhipment location....
14-Sep-2007
The Baltic connection - Money laundering in the Baltic region
The Baltic countries have long been used by both domestic and foreign organised crime groups to launder the proceeds of crime. Part of the problem...
10-Aug-2007
*Code of conduct - Understanding Albanian organised crime
The basic economic model of criminal activity assumes that criminal actions are motivated by expected economic gains - that committing crime is based on ...
11-Jul-2007
*Crime and punishment - Georgian organised crime in Russia
Following a diplomatic dispute between Russia and Georgia in September 2006, Moscow recalled its ambassador, suspended all communication with Tbilisi and started to implement ...
11-Jul-2007
*Patriot games - Banks come under scrutiny from US Act
The release of USD25 million of North Korean funds held in a Macau bank account in June has eased the stalemate over the reclusive ...
05-Jul-2007
*Plaguing the waves - Rising piracy threat off the Horn of Africa
In recent years, Somali waters have become notorious for acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships. Overall, more than 700 piracy-style attacks were ...
13-Jun-2007
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