Biker gang violence is escalating in Australia with groups such as the Nomads, Rebels, Commancheros and Bandidos waging violent turf wars involving drive-by shootings and firebombings, say police.

Asian-run organized crime syndicates based in Africa are being implicated in the increase in illegal trade in elephant ivory, according to a new study by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of WWF and IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Download the report here.

When European Union leaders declared in June 1999 that the countries of the Western Balkans were all “potential” EU members, it seemed that the long road to future accession would soon be open to them. But the region is still plagued by the legacy of the past, including trans-national organised crime. This Issue Paper (pdf) from 2005 … GOOD COPS, BAD MOBS? EU POLICIES TO FIGHT TRANS-NATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

A new report has concluded that organized crime is putting the brakes on growth in the Stockholm region. The report was commissioned by Marie Eriksson, who manages a gender equality project at Stockholm’s county administrative board. Its findings are the result of a collaborative effort between police in Stockholm and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency’s … MAFIAS SABOTAGE STOCKHOLM ECONOMY

The socio-economic and political changes that took place mainly in the countries of Eastern Europe and the Balkans favoured, inter alia, the development of criminal action undertaken by criminal Organisations (Greek and foreign) in Greece. The continuous political and economic instability in the above mentioned countries with the sequential development of illegal markets in conjunction … ANNUAL REPORT ON ORGANISED CRIME IN GREECE FOR THE YEAR 2004

The growing post-Cold War terrorist involvement in criminal enterprises has provided more opportunity for the government to prosecute suspected terrorists. From a law enforcement perspective, it is critical to minimize the advantage that terrorists gain from involvement in criminal activity and maximize the opportunity to prosecute them for the full range of illegal activities in … THE CONVERGENCE OF CRIME AND TERROR: LAW ENFORCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND PERILS

At a 2005 Kennan Institute talk, Louise Shelley, Director, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, American University, and former Title VIII-Supported Research Scholar, Kennan Institute; and Robert Orttung, Associate Research Professor, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, American University, and former Title VIII-Supported Short-Term Scholar, Kennan Institute, argued that there is a fatal flaw in most U.S. … THE LINKS BETWEEN ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORISM IN EURASIAN NUCLEAR SMUGGLING

Written Testimony of Ralf Mutschke Assistant Director, Criminal Intelligence Directorate International Criminal Police Organization – Interpol General Secretariat before a hearing of the US Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime in 2000. Structural links between political terrorism and traditional criminal activity, such as drugs trafficking, armed robbery or extortion have come increasingly to the … THE THREAT POSED BY THE CONVERGENCE OF ORGANIZED CRIME, DRUGS TRAFFICKING AND TERRORISM.