The deadline for #ASMIConference2023 abstracts focusing on '#Mafias and the Italian State' is slowly approaching... **********9 June 2023******** PSA Italian Politics Società Italiana di Scienza Politica Society for Italian Studies ECPR_SGOC Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC) Asmi Association PoLIS - Bath

Keep an eye out for this year's ECPR_SGOC Bill Tupman Student Prize and some fascinating articles on The Informer!

🔔New SHOC Blog🔔 Proliferation of #Criminal groups throughout Latin America threatens to further destabilise the violence-struck region. SHOC Member Damián Gariglio explains trends and his observations in the case of #Argentina. Read here: shoc.rusi.org/blog/criminal-…

🔔Check out our new SHOC blog by Carlos Barrera from IMEESDN where he explores the doctrinal meaning of 'ungoverned space' in the US, and what Latin American policy makers should infer from the doctrine. Read now: shoc.rusi.org/blog/on-the-sa…

🔔New SHOC Blog!🔔 With the US in #Fentanyl's dangerous grip, what comes next for #Europe? 2023 Bill Tupman Prize Winner from the ECPR_SGOC, Carolina Tellez, gives a glimpse into Fentanyl's horizon in Europe. Read now⬇️ shoc.rusi.org/?p=12690&previ…

🎉 Exciting news! Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC) has just published the winning ECPR_SGOC blog authored by carolina🌛, one of our brilliant #ECPRSGOC Summer School students! 📝🌟 Check out the article here: shoc.rusi.org/blog/synthetic…

🔔New Commentary🔔 Despite strong, previous commitments to tackling serious and organised crime, OCP Director and SHOC Chair Cathy Haenlein reviews how this commitment has changed and faded. Read now on RUSI.org⬇️

🔔New SHOC Blog🔔 In Latin America, states' links to organised crime groups have ushered in "security threats that operate on the fringes of the traditional security-defence spectrum", writes SHOC Member and RUSI Associate Fellow Martin Verrier. Read more⬇️ shoc.rusi.org/blog/organised…

🔔New SHOC Blog🔔 "Gender norms might be as harmful as they are helpful in understanding female involvement in wildlife crime", writes RUSI's @anmrwdn as part of an ongoing Biodiversity Challenge Funds project: shoc.rusi.org/blog/understan…

Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC) is thrilled to host the #SOC conference today and tomorrow. Demand to participate has been overwhelming across academic, public and private sectors, testament to the need for a cross-sectoral approach to disrupt the serious and #organisedcrime threat to the UK.

In this week's The Informer blog, #SHOC Member ⁦Damián Gariglio⁩ describes the emerging trend of small-time aviation and airplane theft by PCC members, who have shifted their operations from Brazil to neighbouring Argentina, Paraguay and Bolivia. shoc.rusi.org/blog/cocaine-h…

We are hiring! Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC) is looking for an early-career Research Analyst to join OCP full time on a 1-year contract. Demonstrable interest and experience in organised crime and policing research required. Apply here: lnkd.in/ewuYYY3D

In the latest article on the ⁦Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC)⁩ blog, ⁦@EliGlantz⁩ looks at the tangential impact of decriminalisation on #SOC, as seen in NYC. He covers the elements of a flawed rollout and the strategic changes required for policy to succeed. shoc.rusi.org/blog/cannabis-…

In the seventh commentary in the #10years10threats series from ⁦Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC)⁩, Cathy Haenlein and Harvey Redgrave look at current trends in the thriving UK drugs market and the SOC outlook in light of this. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

The UK is not notorious for high rates of gun crime, though mass and gangland shooting events have hit the headlines in recent years. In the eighth commentary in the #10years10threats series, ⁦@EliGlantz⁩ analyses the stability of the firearms threat rusi.org/explore-our-re…

In the ninth and penultimate commentary in the #10years10threats series, ⁦Cathy Haenlein⁩ and Marley Morris look at Organised Immigration Crime in the UK, an area which has witnessed significant change to the routes and methods used. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

In the tenth and final piece in ⁦Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC)⁩’s #10years10threats series, ⁦Cathy Haenlein⁩ analyses the ever-evolving threat at the UK border, a key touchstone for organised crime. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the ⁦National Crime Agency (NCA)⁩, ⁦Strategic Hub for Organised Crime Research (SHOC)⁩ launched the #10years10threats series of commentaries, analysing evolving threats in organised crime within the UK. The interactive summary of the series is now live! rusi.org/explore-our-re…