Issue Brief Deceptive by Design Criminal networks running scam compounds across Southeast Asia are using AI-powered tools to dramatically scale their operations. An opaque ecosystem of transnational...
Issue Brief End-User Unknown Licit shipments of handguns produced by major global manufacturers like Beretta, Glock, and Israeli Weapons Industries are diverted into the hands of...
Issue Brief Unearthed As the Wagner Group established early mining operations in Sudan and the Central African Republic, it funneled payments for equipment and supplies...
Issue Brief Intercepted As elephant ivory and rhino horn seizure numbers begin to rebound following pandemic shutdowns, wildlife trafficking networks are adapting and evolving to...
Issue Brief Buffered Extraction As global demand for critical metals like cobalt, copper, and gold rises in response to a burgeoning green economy, Chinese enterprises are...
Issue Brief Faulty Transmission For years, the Myanmar military has relied on back-alley trade with global entities to support its brutally violent campaign of terror against...
Issue Brief Sea Shells The global commercial fishing industry generates sales worth $141 billion each year, with an annual production of over 90 million tonnes of...
Issue Brief Trade Secrets New C4ADS analysis shows that Chinese state-owned conglomerates trade in sensitive technologies with Russia's defense sector, including to companies involved in Russia's...
Issue Brief Everybody’s Business In this brief, we map the contours of the Chinese agricultural and industrial sectors and identify nine goods produced in disproportionately high...