This report assesses the main patterns in targeted killings in the first nine months of 2026. Political killings and mass killings are counted to 30 September. While it focuses primarily on suspected ...

Mexican journalists face a new layer of risk as criminal groups use AI-driven disinformation to spread fear and weaken trust ...

Methamphetamine from the Mekong moves through adaptable regional supply chains, creating strategic risks for New Zealand and ...

Latin American criminal groups are expanding into Europe, building local networks across cocaine, synthetic drugs and arms markets.

North Africa and the Sahel have long been central to migrant movement, human smuggling and trafficking, with their importance growing steadily since the late 1990s. Today, the two regions are critical ...

This article draws on interviews with the French national police, the gendarmerie, France’s anti-drugs office (OFAST), customs, the French navy and local civil society organizations, including the ...

In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the March 23 Movement (M23) conflict has fuelled a self-reinforcing criminal ecosystem in which the outsourcing of violence serves as cover for ...

Prison reform has become increasingly urgent, at a time when the link between the criminal justice system’s shortcomings and organized crime has become more apparent. With approximately 11.5 million ...