ANALYSIS: A new report on the global illicit economy and the activities of transnational organised crime groups has warned that the impact of the pandemic could see many criminal networks growing in power and influence; Policing Insight’s Chris Allen looks at the predicted trajectory for OCGs, as well as some of the steps that could be taken to halt them.

ANALYSIS: New research has highlighted the increased frequency and volume of cocaine shipments into Europe from South America;  Policing Insight’s Chris Allen looks at the reasons behind the changes to the drugs market, and how the trade and trafficking routes are likely to evolve in the future. 

ANALYSIS: Policing Insight’s Chris Allen examines how the pandemic has forced drug traffickers to change tried and tested smuggling routes, and explores how this will impact on the new transit countries as well as the wider European cocaine trade.

FEATURE: Now the dust has settled on the Brexit agreement, Policing Insight’s Chris Allen examines the impact that the UK’s deal with the EU will have on information exchange, collaboration and co-operation, and the policing of serious and organised crime.

FEATURE: The recent discovery that the world’s most fertile breeding ground for heroin is also home to the plant used to make the main ingredient in crystal meth went largely unnoticed in the mainstream media; but as Policing Insight’s Chris Allen explains, it has huge consequences for organised crime both internationally and in the UK.