Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile
Global Initiative

@gi_toc

A civil society network dedicated to exposing the harms caused by organized crime and fostering more effective ways to disrupt illicit economies.

ID: 1494557286

linkhttps://globalinitiative.net/ calendar_today09-06-2013 03:54:10

27,27K Tweet

25,25K Takipçi

3,3K Takip Edilen

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Europe’s drug market is seeing a rise in synthetic opioids. Daniel Brombacher, Director of our Europe-Obs explains how hidden online markets for falsified prescription drugs offer easy access at low prices, posing serious risks to public health. More: buff.ly/7oJ9ZQm

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Local communities are the Amazon’s first-line defenders. #EcoSolve supports 4️⃣ bold, grassroots initiatives in Pará, Brazil 🇧🇷 tackling deforestation, illegal mining, wildlife trafficking & more. 👉 Meet the projects: buff.ly/03Yqaow EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments 🌐

Local communities are the Amazon’s first-line defenders.

#EcoSolve supports 4️⃣ bold, grassroots initiatives in Pará, Brazil 🇧🇷 tackling deforestation, illegal mining, wildlife trafficking & more.

👉 Meet the projects: buff.ly/03Yqaow

<a href="/EU_FPI/">EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments 🌐</a>
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scams are going global — and getting smarter. With AI-powered fraud being a key threat, the US and India have a chance to lead the fight. Our latest article looks at how cybercrime is evolving — and what it’ll take to stop it. 📖 Read more: buff.ly/muaLBDs

Scams are going global — and getting smarter.

With AI-powered fraud being a key threat, the US and India have a chance to lead the fight.

Our latest article looks at how cybercrime is evolving — and what it’ll take to stop it.

📖 Read more: buff.ly/muaLBDs
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⏳ Last week to apply! Join the Summer School on Illicit Trade at VUB this July. Check the details here: buff.ly/4WSFAsu #IllicitTrade #SummerSchool

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🇱🇾 Libya is not like other countries previously used by the US for migrant expulsions. It remains fragmented, unstable, and marked by severe abuses against migrants. Our report examines the risks of potential US deportations to this environment. 🔗 👉 buff.ly/0ayKXqd

🇱🇾 Libya is not like other countries previously used by the US for migrant expulsions.

It remains fragmented, unstable, and marked by severe abuses against migrants.

Our report examines the risks of potential US deportations to this environment.

🔗 👉 buff.ly/0ayKXqd
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 "Wake up! The bandits are coming!"–Part 3 of our #Haiti podcast is out now. An ambush on international forces, rising gang control, and a deepening crisis. 🎙️With Jacqueline Charles, Widlore Merancourt, Bill O'Neill, Romain Le Cour & Sophie Rutenbar. 👉buff.ly/UtjBjEi

🚨 "Wake up! The bandits are coming!"–Part 3 of our #Haiti podcast is out now.

An ambush on international forces, rising gang control, and a deepening crisis. 

🎙️With <a href="/Jacquiecharles/">Jacqueline Charles</a>, Widlore Merancourt, Bill O'Neill, <a href="/romainlecour/">Romain Le Cour</a> &amp; Sophie Rutenbar.

👉buff.ly/UtjBjEi
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌳 Criminal groups are pushing deeper into the Amazon, targeting Indigenous territories for drug operations. Livia Wagner (Livia Wagner) examines the consequences for local communities—and the price of saying no. 📹 Watch more: buff.ly/bv28fsD

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🖌️ In Sinaloa 🇲🇽, murals serve as public memorials in a city marked by violence. “They keep memory alive,” says activist Ximena con X. “They allow us to hope for this never to happen again.” Learn more about art and #GIResilience: buff.ly/kwsprTc

🖌️ In Sinaloa 🇲🇽, murals serve as public memorials in a city marked by violence.

“They keep memory alive,” says activist Ximena con X. “They allow us to hope for this never to happen again.”

Learn more about art and #GIResilience: buff.ly/kwsprTc
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💻 The digital drug revolution is here. Online markets are reshaping global illicit trade at breakneck speed, with darknet platforms generating up to $7.5M/day. 🔗 Our latest #OCIndez article delves into the scale of this issue: buff.ly/i8IP9Pb #Cybercrime #Darknet

💻 The digital drug revolution is here. Online markets are reshaping global illicit trade at breakneck speed, with darknet platforms generating up to $7.5M/day.

🔗 Our latest #OCIndez article delves into the scale of this issue: buff.ly/i8IP9Pb

#Cybercrime #Darknet
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How are Indigenous communities responding to environmental threats? Ojalá shares a new piece on how the Totonac communities are organizing in response to the contamination of their lands and water in Veracruz. 📖 Read it here: buff.ly/RK560wY

How are Indigenous communities responding to environmental threats?

<a href="/OjalaEditorial/">Ojalá</a> shares a new piece on how the Totonac communities are organizing in response to the contamination of their lands and water in Veracruz.

📖 Read it here: buff.ly/RK560wY
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📞❗️Cyber scam compounds across Southeast Asia are generating billions of dollars by exploiting humans & technology. Our latest report reveals how these criminal hubs operate and what can be done to stop them. 🔗 Learn more: globalinitiative.net/analysis/compo… #CyberCrime #HumanTrafficking

📞❗️Cyber scam compounds across Southeast Asia are generating billions of dollars by exploiting humans &amp; technology.
Our latest report reveals how these criminal hubs operate and what can be done to stop them.
🔗 Learn more: globalinitiative.net/analysis/compo…

#CyberCrime #HumanTrafficking
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🪖🇺🇳 Peacekeeping is in retreat. As conflicts escalate, organized crime remains the elephant in the room — unaddressed and growing. It’s time to rethink how peace operations confront illicit economies. Read our analysis: buff.ly/tTzuq3U #Peacekeeping #UN

🪖🇺🇳 Peacekeeping is in retreat. 

As conflicts escalate, organized crime remains the elephant in the room — unaddressed and growing. 

It’s time to rethink how peace operations confront illicit economies.

Read our analysis: buff.ly/tTzuq3U

#Peacekeeping #UN
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 2022, the Taliban banned poppy cultivation and all narcotics. But is the ban holding? Senior Expert Paddy Ginn explores how Afghanistan’s illicit drug economy is evolving —and whether Taliban commanders are profiting from poppy 🌱💊 👉 Full video: buff.ly/MDgpBfM

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wildlife crime isn’t a side issue. It’s a key pillar of transnational organized crime. Jimmy Borah’s work in northeast India with Aaranyak shows what’s possible when communities lead. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/p55bAMf #GIResilience #EnvironmentalCrime

Wildlife crime isn’t a side issue. It’s a key pillar of transnational organized crime.

<a href="/jimborbs/">Jimmy Borah</a>’s work in northeast India with <a href="/aaranyak/">Aaranyak</a> shows what’s possible when communities lead.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/p55bAMf

#GIResilience #EnvironmentalCrime
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Fentanyl is flooding North America—crossing both the Mexico–US and Canada–US borders. @Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Ph.D. unpacks how traffickers stay ahead of law enforcement, and what this means for the future of drug control. 🔗 Watch the full video: buff.ly/qs0NP3l #DrugPolicy

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Noor Azizah at #CCPCJ34: “My organisation helped 6 trafficked #Rohingya girls—raped at sea, now young mothers—access protection & dignity.” Her refugee-led org supports the world’s most persecuted minority. More about #GIResilience: buff.ly/p55bAMf #HumanRights

Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Russia-Ukraine war has reshaped global cybercrime. 🔺 Russian-speaking hackers dominate ransomware. 👾 Cybercrime & state hacking increasingly overlap. 🇺🇦 #Ukraine’s cybercriminals now target Russia. Check our new report: buff.ly/ayRS5xs

The Russia-Ukraine war has reshaped global cybercrime.

🔺 Russian-speaking hackers dominate ransomware.

👾 Cybercrime &amp; state hacking increasingly overlap.

🇺🇦 #Ukraine’s cybercriminals now target Russia.

Check our new report: buff.ly/ayRS5xs
Global Initiative (@gi_toc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🏆 Our partner Kumar Paudel—Resilience Fund fellow in 2022—is one of this year’s winners of the prestigious Future For Nature Award! 👏His pioneering work to protect pangolins in Nepal is a model for conservation across Asia and beyond. 🌏🦔More here:buff.ly/XAVyLmA

🏆 Our partner <a href="/kmrpaudel/">Kumar Paudel</a>—Resilience Fund fellow in 2022—is one of this year’s winners of the prestigious Future For Nature Award! 

👏His pioneering work to protect pangolins in Nepal is a model for conservation across Asia and beyond. 

🌏🦔More here:buff.ly/XAVyLmA