Research Team

There is an increase in the scope of anti-trafficking in Manitoba with the authorities grappling with one of the most endemic human rights issues against the Indigenous population in Canada. In the recent years, provincial agencies, the police services, and the advocacy organizations have been provided with more funding and arranged special initiatives, however, the […]

Illegal logging has increasingly formed an important source of revenue to the larger politics of conflict in West and Central Africa. Forest reserves which had previously been discussed largely in terms of conservation are increasingly being incorporated in security discussions as locations where environmental crime meets organized violence. Logging into the forests under protection would […]

The international confrontation of the most recent Middle East conflict has rekindled an old debate on how the UN is perceived to be hypocritical in the management of global security. With the tensions increasing in 2026 when U.S. and Israeli attacks on the Iranian infrastructure took place in the first part of the year, the […]

The topic of Central Asia AML Reforms has now received considerable coverage as governments in the region formulate the financial regulation to combat money laundering, illegal money transfer, and avoidance of sanctions. The heart of this change is Kazakhstan which proposed an entire overhaul of its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism funding system early in 2026. […]

The Scam Centers Trafficking Crisis has grown to become the most complicated form of human trafficking in Southeast Asia to integrate into an organized crime, digital fraud, and forced labor multilateral business. In 2025, United Nations assessments estimated that there were 300,000 trafficked into cyber-fraud compounds within the Mekong region and other countries around it. […]

The question of reframing Al-Fayed Scandals has since become a central legal and institutional concern because the investigations have now shifted beyond the specifics of rape against an individual to possible human trafficking systems. Harrods and the Ritz Paris were once owned by Mohamed Al-Fayed, who, before his death in 2023 at 94, was facing […]

The imposition of War Crimes Law has been a focal point in the relations as the airstrike on Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province of Iran, on February 28, 2026, has become a focal point in diplomacy. Iranian officials claimed that 165 students, mostly girls between seven and twelve years old, were murdered […]

The Vlasenica indictment glorification case marks one of the most consequential applications of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ban on war crimes denial and glorification since its adoption. On February 27, 2026, the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed an indictment against the mayor of Vlasenica, accusing him of publicly honoring individuals convicted of genocide and […]

The No-code AML revolution is taking place on the background of an increasing regulatory pressure and compliance cost. Banking entities are coping with a growing reporting requirement, real-time transaction trace requirements and cross-border transparency systems that have sped up since 2025. The old systems used by traditional anti-money laundering, which tend to be based on […]

Arab Parliament rates West Bank land decisions as full-fledged war crimes after a decision by the security cabinet of Israel to pass sweeping changes in terms of land registration and property sales in occupied territory. The actions, which were approved on February 8, 2026, lift historical limitations on the sale of privately owned land to […]

The AML Overhaul in UAE has gone into a decisive implementation stage since the authorities are preparing to face the 2026 mutual evaluation with the financial action task force. And since February 2024, the United Arab Emirates no longer changes to technical compliance to prove demonstrable enforcement, especially in specific non-financial businesses and professions after […]