Destruction or Theft? | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Destruction or Theft? | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Destruction or Theft? Between 2014 and 2017, the Islamic State group occupied territory in Iraq. At it's height it controlled almost a third of the country and over 4,500 historical sites.

Alongside the dramatic pictures of the destruction of artefacts and irreplaceable ancient sites like Nimrud, others have claimed that this destruction was largely carried out to conceal extensive looting of valuable artefacts.

Presenters: Laura Adal and Jack Meegan-Vickers

Guests:

Colin P. Clarke, Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center and Assistant Teaching Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

Christina Schori Liang, Head of Terrorism and PVE at GCSP.

Katie A. Paul, Co-Director of the ATHAR Project

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"Don't text or call me" - Part 2: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

"Don't text or call me" - Part 2: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

At the end of part 1, Otoniel we left him in sole charge of Clan del Golfo, the biggest organized crime group in Colombia.In part 2 "Don't text or call me", we look through the eyes of a man who goes ...

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"He's an animal" - Part 1: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

"He's an animal" - Part 1: Clan del Golfo: The Fall of Otoniel | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In late 2021, the leader of Clan del Golfo (The Urabeños) Dairo Antonio Úsuga, aka "Otoniel", was captured by the Colombian police. President Iván Duque said that the arrest was only matched by the fa...

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Killing in Silence: The Global Assassination Monitor | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Killing in Silence: The Global Assassination Monitor | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

An assassination is like a stone being dropped into the middle of a still pond – the splash is the violent act itself – the ripples are the repercussions, that spread far and wide – fear, intimidation...

10 Tammi 202233min

Plastics for Profit | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Plastics for Profit | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In this episode we look at the criminal involvement in the plastic waste industry.The lucrative global market in plastic waste is expected to be reach over $50 billion US Dollars by 2022. From Mafia g...

7 Joulu 202156min

Crossing the Line: India and Myanmar | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Crossing the Line: India and Myanmar | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In this episode we tell the story of a region, the "Seven Sisters", otherwise known as the Indian Northeast and one town in particular, Moreh, and the relationship with neighbouring Myanmar.Moreh sits...

27 Syys 20211h 1min

Fishy Business | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Fishy Business | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

This is a story of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, complex corporate structures, human trafficking, arms smuggling, corruption and the capture of state institutions.In this collabor...

6 Syys 202150min

Guinea-Bissau Part 2: Pau de Sangue (Blood Timber) | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Guinea-Bissau Part 2: Pau de Sangue (Blood Timber) | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

In the wake of the 2012 'Cocaine Coup' in Guinea-Bissau the illegal logging trade exploded, largely driven by huge demand for rosewood logs in China - a species protected under international law.By 20...

24 Kesä 202125min

Cabo Delgado: Africa’s Forgotten Insurgency | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

Cabo Delgado: Africa’s Forgotten Insurgency | Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime

On March 24th 2021, Islamist insurgents carried out an attack on the coastal town of Palma in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. The days of fighting, looting, massacres, private milita...

28 Huhti 202149min

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