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Syntheses

The Syntheses category brings you a summary of a number of news taken from FLARE news-Observatory carachterised by a fil-rouge. Useful to go beyond a simple crime news, the Syntheses take you deeper into a phenomenon that says more that what appears.


Instability and organized crime in Guinea-Bissau

by Francesca Monaco

A tiny State but with a crucial role in the global drug trafficking, Guinea-Bissau presents perfect conditions for corruption and organized crime to melt and become one with the authorities.

On the trail of Ali Jambi: from timber baron to businessman

by Julian Newman, EIA

EIA campaigns Director Julian Newman catches up with Ali Jambi – aka Tham Hai Lee, Jambi Lee, Jenggo, Hap Ali – who went from Indonesian timber smuggler to wealthy Singaporean businessman.

Organised finance: Crime in the stock market

by Stefano Gurciullo

Financial and white collar crime have become one of the most threatening crime world wide. Capable of reinvesting and laundering billions in seconds, it is a practice organised crime needs to move their capitals.

Holy war, state terrorism and organised crime in Bosnia

by Riccardo M. Ghia

Attack at the US embassy in Sarajevo on October 28 2011 was a test for a large-scale action, investigator says

Italian and Nigerian gangs: a deadly alliance

by Chiara Caprio

An uneasy partnership between Italian and Nigerian gangs has led to a boom in human trafficking and the drugs trade.

“Whitey” Bulger: the cost of courting the mob to take down the mafia

by Erika Furlong

In September of 1988 the Boston Globe ran The Bulger Mystique. The title referred to the city's famous brothers, both at the top of their fields at the time, one a prominent politician (William “Billy” Bulger) and the other an Irish mob boss (James “Whitey” Bulger)

From stars to dust: corruption in Latvia's increased worryingly

by Anna Zemblicka

After joining the European Union in 2004, Latvia began to enjoy tremendous economic growth. However, the global financial turmoil took a heavy toll on Latvia.

Azerbaijan and the lost battle against drug smuggling

by Anna Zemblicka

Azerbaijan remains a significant concern for the Western world as it is situated along major drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan and Iran leading to Russia and Europe and little is done to counter the phenomenon.

Drugs and geopolitics. An Iranian perspective

by Paola Rivetti

Neighboring Afghanistan and Pakistan, Iran is the shortest way for bringing opium to Europe, and for this reason it is part of many international and bilateral agreements.

The web as an anti-mafia cooperating tool

by Maria Palladino

With "Operation Captura 6" English investigators ask for the cooperation of citizens to help the Police to catch some of UK's most dangerous suspected criminals, who are believed to be on the run in Spain.