Commentary Assets in Flight: Libya’s Flying Treasuries This post traces the delivery of Russian-produced banknotes to General Haftar’s forces in Libya – and profiles the actors behind the trade.
Report Runway to Extinction Examining the trends, transit routes, and trafficking methods used by wildlife smugglers exploiting the air transport sector.
Commentary The Perfect Seizure Press Release Does Not Exist…Or Does It A press release guide for customs, enforcement agencies, and the private sector to better communicate wildlife seizures in the aviation industry.
Commentary Imported War: South Sudan’s Russian AMVs and the Role of Al Cardinal In the fall of 2014, amidst ongoing civil war with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in-Opposition (SPLA-IO), the government of South Sudan...
Report Lux & Loaded Investigating connections between North Korea's illicit commercial operations and global luxury goods supply chains.
Commentary Paper Trails In this piece, we examine how and why networks of private military companies allow Russia to promote its interests around the world.
Report Illicit Influence: Part Two This case study goes beyond well-known instances of coercive Russian hydrocarbon diplomacy to examine how energy dominance is paired with deceptive corporate...
Report Above Us Only Stars Investigating the ability to mimic, or “spoof,” legitimate GNSS signals in order to manipulate PNT data.
Report Illicit Influence: Part One In the spring of 2016, as the Russian-domiciled First Czech Russian Bank (FCRB) approached insolvency, staff worked feverishly to erase ledgers, destroy...