Illicit Trade and Globalisation Cost Action GLITSS

🎊 GLITSS Trilogy Vol. 1 Workshop Successfully Held! 📢 Illicit Trade and its Consequences for Safety, Security and Sustainability took place at the University of Tirana on 19–20 February. #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research

🌍 Excited to share the GLITSS WG1 Webinar: PRICELESS Goods – Valuation, Trade & Security 🗓 11 Feb 2026,⏰ 15:00–16:30 CET Art, luxury watches & financial crime, don’t miss this expert discussion!🔗 Register: rug-nl.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research

🚀 New in our GLITSS blog series: “Using Machine Learning to Spot Illicit Accounts on Ethereum” by Joshua Ellul (University of Malta) & George Azzopardi (University of Groningen). 🔗 Read more: glitss.eu/blog/using-mac… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research

✨ Exciting days for the #GLITSS! Last week’s Core Group & Deputies Meeting in Groningen set the stage for an impactful year ahead from a 3-volume book series 📚 to policy briefs, workshops & webinars 🌍Stay tuned! #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research

📢 New GLITSS blog post: “Divide by Sanctions – Can Polarization Defeat Illicit Trade?” #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research You can find out more at the link: glitss.eu/blog/divide-by…

🚨 Join us for the GLITSS Webinar: Responses to Illicit Trade 🕛 3 Oct 2025, 12–1pm CET. Case studies on illicit supply chains in Russia’s war machine & policing efforts on the Balkan Route. 🔗 Register: rug-nl.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research

🌐We successfully held a workshop at the University of Groningen to launch Volume 1 of our 3-volume series on safety, security & sustainability! Stay tuned and keep following our journey! #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EuroBasket

🎉 Excited to share that we held a webinar as part of the GLITSS Case Study Webinar Series: Responses to Illicit Trade! #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EuroBasket 🎥Watch the recording here: youtu.be/RS1OjYp84x0?fe…

🚨 Upcoming Webinar: The Case Study Webinar Series: Responses to Illicit Trade. 🗓️ August 28, 2025 | 12h–13h15 CET 👉 Register here: rug-nl.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

🌐We are excited to share the latest installment in our GLITSS blog series, focusing on "Artificial Intelligence, Legal Gaps, and Ethical Dilemmas in Irregular Migration." #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EUREN Read at: glitss.eu/blog/artificia…

🌍 Available now! Watch the #BiodiversityDay2025 webinar on the legal wildlife trade. A must-watch for anyone in conservation. 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=C8ui2_… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

🌐 New on the GLITSS blog! “The Immorality of Smuggling in Daphne du Maurier’s Jamaica Inn.” Read here: glitss.eu/blog/the-immor… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

🌐 New on our blog – part of our ongoing blog series exploring illicit trade and its many dimensions. 🌐 “Reclaiming the Past: How the Nicosia Convention Confronts Cultural Property Crimes." Read at: glitss.eu/blog/reclaimin… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

🌐 Our new blog post is out! 🎮 “The Dark Side of Online Gaming: Understanding Illicit Trade and Its Impact.” Read more on the hidden risks and emerging challenges: glitss.eu/blog/the-dark-… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

📢 Have you checked out our new blog post? WG4 Workshop held in Tirana, Albania (20–21 March 2025), focused on “Data-science based solutions to illicit trade practices.” #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU 👉 Read more at the link: glitss.eu/blog/wg4-works…

🚩We’re glad to share that the 2025 #GLITSS Annual Conference on "The Causes of Illicit Trade" was a success! 🌐A big thank to the University of Milano-Bicocca for hosting, and to all speakers & participants. #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

The GLITSS Webinar: Biodiversity Day Webinar - Understanding the dimensions of legal wildlife trade 🗓️ 22 May 2025 📷 9PM HKT | 3PM CET 📷rug-nl.zoom.us/meeting/regist…… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

📢 New blog post is live! Barış Çaylı Messina on the role of civil society in fighting illicit trade. Change starts from the ground up. 🌍 👉 Read more: glitss.eu/blog/civil-soc… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

🎉 We are pleased to share that we successfully held the WG1 workshop “Illicit Trade Practices Across Various Sectors: Drivers, Dynamics, and Root Causes” on April 1–2, 2025, in Wroclaw, Poland. 🌍 #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EU

GLITSS New blog post published! "Bounding the mafia: Think local, act global (and set aside the nation-state for a minute)" - Author: Theodoros Rakopoulos. 🌍 Read and join the conversation: glitss.eu/blog/bounding-… #GLITSS #COSTAction #illicittrade #research #EuroMillions