#GiTOC

@jaculis.bsky.social

5 days ago

Will attacks on Iran lead to a regional recalibration of organized crime? The US and Israeli military operation launched on 28 February against Iran threatens to profoundly reshape security dynamics across the region.

Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure: How US gunboat diplomacy could reshape sanctions evasion and corruption networks

Thursday, March 5, 2026
14:00Z – 16:00Z

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Iran

globalinitiative.net/analysis/ira...

@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

#GITOC mtg got started with looking at #IFFs in Africa

Opened w an overview of origin of #GITOC by Tuesday Reitano who developed the #IFF pyramid model used in understanding #EFFs (2015)

Then, slide presentation by Marcena Hunter about #IFFs in #Africa, reviewing the #IFFPyramid

Suppl. 🧵 A1.1/5

@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Yona Wanjala, Mr. Desterious Shilabukha & Marcena Hunter

Illicit Finance and Africa
10 March 2026
09:00Z - 10:30Z
gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/illici...

#GITOC
#IllicitTrade
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#ModernSlavery
#Narcotrafficking
#HumanTrafficking
#CryptoCurrencyPolicy
#MoneyLaundering
#FATF
#DarkFinance
#OSINT\Africa
#IFFs
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@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

Will attacks on Iran lead to a regional recalibration of organized crime? The US and Israeli military operation launched on 28 February against Iran threatens to profoundly reshape security dynamics across the region.

Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure: How US gunboat diplomacy could reshape sanctions evasion and corruption networks

Thursday, March 5, 2026
14:00Z – 16:00Z

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Iran

globalinitiative.net/analysis/ira...

@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

#GITOC
Shall we wait until after Cuba becomes a "Mafia State"?

In the 1950s, the Mob ran Havana as a corporate-criminal hybrid under the Batista regime.

If the central government collapses, the island could fragment into territories controlled by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs).

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@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

#GITOC

Why wait until after Cuba becomes a "Mafia State"?

In the 1950s, the Mob ran Havana as a corporate-criminal hybrid under the Batista regime.

If the central government collapses, the island could fragment into territories controlled by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs).

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@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

Will attacks on Iran lead to a regional recalibration of organized crime? The US and Israeli military operation launched on 28 February against Iran threatens to profoundly reshape security dynamics across the region.

Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure: How US gunboat diplomacy could reshape sanctions evasion and corruption networks

Thursday, March 5, 2026
14:00Z – 16:00Z

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Iran

globalinitiative.net/analysis/ira...

@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

Will attacks on Iran lead to a regional recalibration of organized crime? The US and Israeli military operation launched on 28 February against Iran threatens to profoundly reshape security dynamics across the region.

Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure: How US gunboat diplomacy could reshape sanctions evasion and corruption networks

Thursday, March 5, 2026
14:00Z – 16:00Z

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Iran

globalinitiative.net/analysis/ira...

@jaculis.bsky.social

1 week ago

Will attacks on Iran lead to a regional recalibration of organized crime? The US and Israeli military operation launched on 28 February against Iran threatens to profoundly reshape security dynamics across the region.

Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure: How US gunboat diplomacy could reshape sanctions evasion and corruption networks

Thursday, March 5, 2026
14:00Z – 16:00Z

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Iran

globalinitiative.net/analysis/ira...

GENeva Environment Network

@genevaenvironmentnetwork.org

2 weeks ago

Simone Haysom of #GITOC describes how illegal trade in wild plants has increased recently due to COVID-19 & to the moving of trade online, used by many as an alternative to more dangerous trade in wild animals. She shares that drivers are not harvesters but wealthy collectors.

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Yona Wanjala, Mr. Desterious Shilabukha & Marcena Hunter

Illicit Finance and Africa

10 March 2026
5:00 AM EDT
gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/illici...

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Africa
#StrategicThreatAnalysisIntelligence
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational
#HumanTrafficking

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Yona Wanjala, Mr. Desterious Shilabukha & Marcena Hunter

Illicit Finance and Africa

10 March 2026
5:00 AM EDT
gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/illici...

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Africa
#StrategicThreatAnalysisIntelligence
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational
#HumanTrafficking

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Yona Wanjala, Mr. Desterious Shilabukha & Marcena Hunter

Illicit Finance and Africa

10 March 2026
5:00 AM EDT
gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/illici...

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#OSINT\Africa
#StrategicThreatAnalysisIntelligence
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational
#HumanTrafficking

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Prof. Kelly Greenhill & Prof Mark Galeotti

People as Ammunition: The Structures Behind Russian and Belarusian Weaponized Migration

2 March 2026

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST

gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/people...

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Prof. Kelly Greenhill & Prof Mark Galeotti

People as Ammunition: The Structures Behind Russian and Belarusian Weaponized Migration

2 March 2026

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST

gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/people...

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Prof. Kelly Greenhill & Prof Mark Galeotti

People as Ammunition: The Structures Behind Russian and Belarusian Weaponized Migration

2 March 2026

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST

gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/people...

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Global Initiative's Conference Room A Talk by Prof. Kelly Greenhill & Prof Mark Galeotti

People as Ammunition: The Structures Behind Russian and Belarusian Weaponized Migration

2 March 2026

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST

gitoc.heysummit.com/talks/people...

#GITOC
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

WEBINAR: Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure As tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran intensify, the economic and political fallout extends far beyond headline geopolitics into the shadows of illicit markets. This p...

Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure: How US gunboat diplomacy could reshape sanctions evasion and corruption networks
05MAR2026
0900H - 110OH EST
#StrategicThreatAnalysisIntelligence
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational
#GITOC
globalinitiative.net/analysis/ira...

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

WEBINAR: Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure As tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran intensify, the economic and political fallout extends far beyond headline geopolitics into the shadows of illicit markets. This p...

Iran’s criminal landscape under pressure: How US gunboat diplomacy could reshape sanctions evasion and corruption networks
05MAR2026
0900H - 110OH EST
#StrategicThreatAnalysisIntelligence
#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations
#GlobalPerspectivesInternational
#GITOC
globalinitiative.net/analysis/ira...

@jaculis.bsky.social

1 month ago

DARK TRAFFIC - Whitaker House Dark Traffic is the book that ushers the public into the next phase of anti-trafficking efforts to stop what has evolved into a $150 billion industry involving a complex network of organized crime tra...

#DarkTraffic
#FATF
#GITOC

"As co-founder and CEO of Dark Watch, author Noel Thomas has led United States law enforcement and the judicial system into the new battleground, where high-tech data analysis is changing how criminals are caught and prosecuted."

www.whitakerhouse.com/product/dark...

@jaculis.bsky.social

1 month ago

DARK TRAFFIC - Whitaker House Dark Traffic is the book that ushers the public into the next phase of anti-trafficking efforts to stop what has evolved into a $150 billion industry involving a complex network of organized crime tra...

#DarkTraffic
#FATF
#GITOC

"As co-founder and CEO of Dark Watch, author Noel Thomas has led United States law enforcement and the judicial system into the new battleground, where high-tech data analysis is changing how criminals are caught and prosecuted."

www.whitakerhouse.com/product/dark...

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

#GITOC has actual documented evidence of recruitment in Africa.

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

How Cocaine is Destroying the Amazon | The Index Podcast YouTube video by Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

This provides context for the local economies with global #IllicitTrade.

VREs interact w/ COs to dominate the region:
VREs — Violent Religious Extremists
COs — Criminal Organizations

There's #HumanTrafficking of girls and boys.

How Cocaine is Destroying the Amazon
#GITOC
youtu.be/SGwRNCK13Dc?...

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

Even bigger.

#TransnationalCriminalOrganizations are running #HumanTrafficking, #ModernSlavery, and #ChildTrafficking cartels through huge ##MoneyLaundering operations.

#GITOC

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

How Cocaine is Destroying the Amazon | The Index Podcast YouTube video by Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

In the three examples, VREs combined with COs to dominate the region.

VREs — Violent Religious Extremists
COs — Criminal Organizations

Red Command is nearby.
#Narcotrafficking and #ChildTrafficking of girls and boys is nearby.

How Cocaine is Destroying the Amazon
#GITOC
youtu.be/SGwRNCK13Dc?...

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

The DEA's Targeting of Hezbollah's Global Criminal Support Network The head of the Counter-Narcoterrorism Operations Center discusses how the group uses drug trafficking and other schemes to fund its activities, and what the DEA is doing to stop it.

"In all, relevant DEA field investigations have spanned six continents and focused extensively on individuals in Europe, Mexico, the Tri-Border Area, Venezuela, and West Africa."

www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

#GITOC

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@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

The DEA's Targeting of Hezbollah's Global Criminal Support Network The head of the Counter-Narcoterrorism Operations Center discusses how the group uses drug trafficking and other schemes to fund its activities, and what the DEA is doing to stop it.

"Hezbollah is a unique target for the DEA due to several characteristics: its high level of sophistication; its hierarchical, compartmentalized structure; its combination of widespread political, military, criminal, and social activities"
www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

#GITOC
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@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

So Kimbal Musk, the person putting up satellites for Space-X for the U.S. Department of Defense and making Starlink operational in Ukraine,
...was an associate of a known pedophile who was involved with #ChildTrafficking, #CSAM, #HumanTrafficking, #MoneyLaundering, and #ModernSlavery?

#GITOC

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

So Kimbal Musk, the person putting up satellites for Space-X for the U.S. Department of Defense and making Starlink operational in Ukraine,
...was an associate of a known pedophile who was involved with #ChildTrafficking, #CSAM, #HumanTrafficking, #MoneyLaundering, and #ModernSlavery?

#GITOC

@jaculis.bsky.social

2 months ago

Whitehouse: An International Illicit Economy is Aiding our Enemies. It's Time to Fight Back. YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

#HumanTrafficking
#Narcotrafficking

#IllicitEconomy
#BlockChain
#InternationalTrade
#SupplyChain

#DarkWeb
#DeepWeb

#GITOC
#StrategicThreatAnalysisIntelligence
#ThreatIntelligencePolicy

#CryptoCurrencyPolicy
#INTERPOL\SVRU
#MoneyLaundering
#INTERPOL
#NATSEC

This 👇

m.youtube.com/watch?v=E9kb...