Jane's Intelligence Review
*Crossing the line - Ecstasy traffic on rise over US-Canada border
*Criminal-political ties. The development of Albanian organised crime groups in the Balkans
*Kidnapping trends - Examining patterns in Africa and the Americas
Italy sees rise in -phishing scams
*Transnational crime proves problematic in Pacific Islands
*Albanian organised crime groups evolve in Europe
Mexican drug trafficking cartels set up camp in Peru
Colombian police to train Afghans in counter-narcotics
Transnational criminal threats encroach on Mongolia
*Pakistan moves towards a plutonium-based arsenal
*Hungary emerges as base for foreign organised crime groups
Gunning for trouble? Canadian street gangs and illegal firearms
*Conflict and porous borders open up Iraq to drug traffickers
*Mexican drug money laundering is increasing threat to stability
*Irish and British agencies seize alleged Provisional IRA assets
*South American cocaine trafficking operations shift towards Venezuela
*Italian law enforcement turns spotlight on Calabrian mafia
*Targeting drug lab chemicals is key to undermining traffickers
*Georgian organised crime groups spread in Europe
*Afghanistan's opiate economy and terrorist financing
*Law agencies target criminality in European motorcycle gangs
*Morales faces challenge of limiting cocaine production in Bolivia
*Organised crime gangs pose threat to Cuban development
*High-profile arrests highlight Guatemalan trafficking problems
*Australia takes transnational organised crime fight overseas
*Morocco's smuggling rackets: hashish, people and contraband
*Mehlis report leaves motive for Hariri assassination unclear
Canada targets biker gangs in crackdown on organised crime
*Firearms and drugs fuel conflict in Brazil's favelas
Japanese yakuza consolidation risks strife in Tokyo
Morocco said to produce nearly half of the world's hashish supply
*In place of strife: war and peace in the Italian mafia
*Investigators turn the spotlight on alternative remittance systems
*Coca production is on the increase in Bolivia and Peru
*Tajikistan's leader consolidates power by removing key challengers
*South Africa becomes major hub in global drug trafficking
*Israeli organised crime is fragmented but growing
*Cambodia struggles with drug smuggling escalation
Russian mafiya become more active in Eastern Europe
*Low-level criminality linked to transnational terrorism
Russian mafiya keeps a low profile in Western Europe
People-trafficking erodes security in former Soviet states
*Police crack down on Camorra's counterfeit goods trade
*Pakistan tackles impact of Afghan opium trade
Document forgery operations expand in Thailand
Camorra factions vie for control of Naples drugs market
The dangers of opium eradication in Asia
*Baltic states tempting target for crime syndicates
*Mexican people-smuggling trade worth billions
*Myanmar leads rise in Southeast Asian drug trade
*Thai drugs smuggling networks reform
*Afghan opium production predicted to reach new high
*New traffickers struggle for control of Mexican drug trade
*Illegal drugs trade thrives in Nepal's security vacuum
*FARC and the paramilitaries take over Colombia's drugs trade
Police build cross-border co-operation take on Irish organised crime
*Piracy in Southeast Asia shows signs of increased organisation
EU members step up security on their new Balkan border
Philippine authorities crack down on kidnapping
*Senegambia's trafficking hubs
UK considers national law-enforcement agency
UK considers national law-enforcement agency
Cocaine demand gives Caribbean traffickers a new lease of life
*Smuggling operations degrade security in the Caucasus
Mexican cartels evolve in the face of cross-border crackdown
Countering Nigerian organised crime
Triads tighten grip on Russia's far east
Crime groups turn to terrorism in Rio de Janeiro
*Kidnapping increases in Latin America
Mexican drug trade faces fragmentation
Colombia forges ahead with counterfeit dollars
Opiate smuggling routes from Afghanistan to Europe and Asia
Triad societies seek increased opportunities as China opens up
Tijuana cartel fights for its future
Afghanistan's opium production rises post-Taliban
Balkan gangs traffic 200,000 women annually
Bulgarian gangs provide key link in European trafficking chain
Transnational criminal activity in the South Pacific
Organised crime and terrorist financing in Northern Ireland
New drug trafficking routes in Southeast Asia
Bumper Afghan narcotics crop indicates resilience of networks
Drugs and war destabilise Thai-Myanmar border region
The criminal threat to stability in the Balkans