One fascinating part of the story is that the illegally delivered consignment included large numbers of a #police-issued firearms which had been withdrawn from service. The so-called Z-88, often referred to as "Zulu" amongst gang members. It is South African made. #EBTownHall

Yes! And in doing so must recognize how corrupt and autocratic leaders have instrumentalized criminal groups, illicit resources and financial flows and mobilized gangs to corrode democracy and human rights. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

“The deals […] were often described by Afghan officials as cease-fires, but Taliban leaders were in fact offering money in exchange for government forces to hand over their weapons […] culminating in a breathtaking series of negotiated surrenders”. washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/…

Our @gi_toc Global #OrganizedCrime Index launching now… 5 years of hard work in the making. Couldn’t be prouder of the team. Thanks to all who contributed. Join us at youtu.be/0giIh_lK2GI

The role of gender in organized crime is under-researched; the understanding of women’s role and engagement in organized crime and in fighting it is inconclusive says Tuesday Reitano Global Initiative

“tax havens” aren’t really for avoiding taxes: They exist to help elites avoid the rule of law that they impose on the rest of us. The offshore financial industry is generating much of the economic and political inequality destabilizing the world. nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opi…

GIJN Bookshelf 📚 Criminal Contagion: How Mafias, Gangsters, and Scammers Profit from a Pandemic by Tuesday Reitano & Mark Shaw This book set outs how the pandemic became a money-making opportunity for some of the world's worst criminals. gijn.org/2022/03/14/gij…

🧵What happened in #SanAntonio is not a coincidence nor unprecedented. It was quite predictable. Our border towns see this kind of attempts increase this time of the year. The last few weeks, @cbp in Laredo had seen an increase of #smuggling attempts using similar modus operandi.

Humbled and privileged to be part of this impressive set of authors, with important stories to tell. I would never have gotten #GiveUsMoreGuns to print without the fabulous team Jonathan Ball Publishers Heartfelt thanks. #SouthAfrica

We at Global Initiative are deeply troubled and concerned by the arrest of Raouf Farrah, as yet without charge. globalinitiative.net/announcements/…

📣 Join us on 10 May at 3pm CEST for a discussion about the Russo-Ukrainian war and the illegal arms trade with Mark Galeotti, Anna Arutunyan, Tuesday Reitano and Fedir Sydoruk. Sign up here ⬇️ gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/russia-u…

Read our report to find out more about arms trafficking and the war in #Ukraine 👇 globalinitiative.net/analysis/russi…

Few Europeans have heard of it but there's a lobby group in Brussels that holds sway over the future of food, farms & nature. We dug deep into Copa-Cogeca to find a Brussels bully that's bleeding support among farmers 🧵

There’s been some wild speculation that #Russia’s other mercenary forces could be the source of the “next mutiny” that misses the mark as to how they are unlike #Wagner. A quick explanatory thread 1/

Excellent article by Matina Stevis-Gridneff on the #Med tragedy that didn’t need to happen: nytimes.com/2023/07/01/wor…

We are very happy to announce that the Routledge Handbook of #Smuggling is now available as a paperback for £43! However, Florian Weigand and I are even happier to say that the whole book is still available for free to download here: smuggling.page

Monica Marks Florian Weigand Institute of Development Studies Global Initiative Paul Nugent Tuesday Reitano lucia Routledge Books Vanda Felbab-Brown David Brenner Tim Eaton I can provide the table of contents! The index is a little long...

1/4 Today Tuesday Reitano presented on behalf of Global Initiative at the Constructive Dialogue on Smuggling of Migrants. #UNTOC #HumanSmuggling