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Cities and regions are stepping up against environmental crime 🌍 A growing coalition of subnational leaders from Europe, Africa & South America is strengthening action where impacts are felt first. Learn how this initiative is building global momentum: buff.ly/EMuyIPP

Drug trafficking is expanding across the Pacific, while legislation struggles to keep pace. New analysis explores how outdated laws, evolving markets, and community dynamics are shaping drug policy reform in the region. Read more: buff.ly/TwawTld

The Southern Cone tri-border area —Ciudad del Este 🇵🇾, Foz do Iguaçu 🇧🇷 and Puerto Iguazú 🇦🇷— constitutes a criminal ecosystem of coexistence characterized by high levels of criminal activity but low levels of violence. 📖 Check our new report: buff.ly/okqTtDz

Facebook is facilitating wildlife trafficking at scale. New evidence shows it is a major digital market governance failure. 74.37% of detected advertisements were on Facebook. Read the report: buff.ly/jjZHoEf

During the monitoring period, hotspots of gang violence were closely linked to fragmentation dynamics as well as territorial expansion. Conflict triggered by ‘floor-crossing’ is fuelling instability in Factreton, Kensington & Mitchells Plain. Learn more: buff.ly/kWMcJ7S

The arrival of the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti signals a renewed, though inconclusive, international effort to stabilize security. The Dominican Republic, sharing the island and key concerns, has a clear interest in the mission’s success. Read more: buff.ly/VxnI0oG

Highly organized cyber fraud in South East Asia is widely run from scam compounds. 👉Our report examines how real estate, construction and investment companies can be exposed to criminal risk during the pre-operational phase of these developments: buff.ly/FoTdXZr

Join this webinar exploring the forces shaping West Africa's illicit economies: geography, governance gaps, transport networks, digital/financial connectivity & shifting law enforcement. We’ll unpack trafficking routes, protection systems & key actors: buff.ly/876tO9F

China’s law enforcement cooperation in the Pacific has expanded in scope, ambition and sensitivity. 👉This report examines how policing partnerships are evolving across the region: buff.ly/CX7V8Jl

Ojalá (@ojalaeditorial) amplifies underreported voices through its work with women journalists—offering training, risk assessment, mentorship, and fair pay. A digital weekly fostering critical, independent journalism in Spanish and English. 👉More: buff.ly/Ohybg2Z

Illegal mining is more than an environmental issue. It’s also a financial & livelihoods challenge. Tackling requires supporting responsible practices that reduce harm while sustaining communities. Local governments play a key role. 👉buff.ly/YNa3WE6

Synthetic drugs and heroin continue to fuel criminal networks across the Mekong. Myanmar remains a major production hub —with impacts felt far beyond the region. Insights from our end-of-year Mekong Matters episode: buff.ly/KyYlPts #DrugTrade #Mekong #OrganizedCrime

The dark side of Vietnam’s fintech boom: predatory P2P lending and crypto scams like PAYN are enabling money laundering and fueling trafficking links. Watch the full Mekong Matters episode 👉️ buff.ly/AenS60w #VietnamCrime #HumanTrafficking #CryptoFraud #DebtBondage

2/ These developments show how alliances, diaspora links and encrypted apps are facilitating trafficking routes stretching from Latin America to Australia. Learn more: buff.ly/1fuIV7f

Balkan criminal networks are gaining ground in Australia’s 🇦🇺 cocaine market. Recent seizures involving Montenegrin sailors, decoded encrypted messages, and cases linked to Albanian-speaking and Slavic-speaking groups point to growing influence 1/ 🧵👇

🌍 Organized crime keeps expanding across Africa. The 2025 Africa Organised Crime Index shows rising criminal markets. from financial crime to trafficking, and declining resilience in 92% of countries. Learn more: africa.ocindex.net

4/ Weak enforcement, inadequate monitoring and regulatory gaps allow pollution hotspots to persist. Learn more: buff.ly/kWyZLai

3/ 🇦🇱 Albania’s Ishem–Erzen basin shows cadmium and lead concentrations 100× above EU standards, and Kosovo’s rivers resemble “sewers” due to untreated wastewater. 👇

2/ 🚮 Illegal waste dumping contaminates rivers and drinking water, while industrial emissions degrade air quality. 🇷🇸Serbia records 6,592 premature deaths each year due to ambient air pollution. 👇

😷 Air, water and soil pollution are among the most visible and pervasive environmental crimes documented in the #WesternBalkans 1/ 🧵👇