Type: Article

Featured, Geopolitics

Naval Expansionism: Russian Naval Base in Eritrea

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Tags:_ Africa, Assab, Base, China, Djibouti, Eritrea, Europe, France, GCC, Germany, Indian Ocean, Intelligence, Iran, Masdsawa, Mediterranean Sea, Military, Navy, Persian Gulf, PLA, Red Sea, Russia, Suez, Syria, UAV, UK, United Nations, United States, UNSC

DisrupTor: Fighting the Dark Web Drug Trade

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Tags:_ Confirmation Attack, COVID-19, Crime, Dark Web, DisrupTor, Drug, FBI, Illegal Drug, Law Enforcement, NCA, NIT, Operation Disruptor, Silkkitie, Tagging Attack, Telegram, TOR, Wall Street

Featured, Geopolitics

Ivory Coast: The Terrorist Threat

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Tags:_ AAD, Abidjan, Africa, African Union ECOWAS, Al Mourabitoun, Ansar al-Dine, AQIM, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Counterterrorism, Gulf of Guinea, Hezbollah, Intelligence, ISIS, JNIM, Mali, Mauritania, Military, Sahel, Syria, Tuareg, United States

Transit Hub: What Becomes of Angola’s Drug Business

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Location:_ Central Africa

Tags:_ anti-drug, cocaine, Drug, Europe, Government, South Africa, South America, Trafficking, Transport, West Africa

Crime and Corruption in Moldova: An Intricate Web

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Tags:_ Cigarettes, Eastern Europe, Economy, Gulag, Illegal Arms, Ion Druta, London, Military, Moldova, ODESSA, Organised Crime, PMR, Romania, RPG, Russia, Transnistria, Vladimir Plahotniuc

Featured, Geopolitics

The Great Game: Russian Influence in the Balkans

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Location:_ Europe

Tags:_ EU, FSB, HUMINT, KGB, Kosovo, Kremlin, NATO, Nikolai Patrushev, Putin, Russia, Serbia, United States

Featured, Geopolitics

QAnon & Its Origins

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Defence, Featured

Venezuelan Armed Forces: A Future of Impunity & Confrontation

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Tags:_ Cartel, Colombia, Conflict, FANB, GNB, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Maduro, Military, Militia, National Guard, REDI, Risk, SEBIN, Sebin Pont, USA, Venezuela, ZODI

Drones in a Pandemic: Poised to Take Over the Gig Economy?

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Tags:_ COVID-19, Delivery, Drone, Economy, FAA, Gig Economy, License, Mamzon, Pandemic, Regulation, Taxation, Technology, UAV, UPS, USA

Crime, Terrorism

“Jihadi Drug”: Captagon Proliferation

April 15, 2021

TYPE:_ Article

Tags:_ Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Captagon, COVID-19, Crime, Drug, INTERPOL, Italy, Jihad, Libya, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Terrorism, Trafficking, Tramadol, UN, War