Black markets, organized crime ravaging West Africa

By Kate Willson

A thriving cigarette black market is depleting West African economies of tax dollars, fueling corruption, and possibly funding insurgencies,

Europe's future mafia states

By Marina Walker Guevara

The National Intelligence Council released its latest study on the world’s future last week, Global Trends 2025. The report, produced by exp

Excerpts from this story referencing "organized crime":

"… h countries the U.S. spy agencies were talking about. PaperTrail consulted organized crime experts close to the U.S. government, who were all too happy to name names …"

"… ption and the absence of the rule of law, the potential for penetration by organized crime is high,” the report warns. Sounds like we need a longer list. …"

Canadian Hells Angels and contraband tobacco

By William Marsden

The Center’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has taken heat lately for exposing the large-scale tobacco smuggling out

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"… lack market and revealed the close ties between Indian tobacco sellers and organized crime. As many as three out of every ten Canadian cigarettes are now sold on the …"

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Terrorism and tobacco

By Kate Willson

Extremists, insurgents turn to cigarette smuggling

Excerpts from this story referencing "organized crime":

"… ing black markets are fueling not only some terrorist groups but dozens of organized crime gangs, who find the big profits and low risk hard to resist.In addition to …"

The expert: listen to John Colledge

By ICIJ

Listen to John Colledge