Matt Herbert

Analyzing transnational organized crime, sanctions, stabilization & SSR/G, mostly in the Maghreb & Sahel. Senior Expert at @GI_TOC. PhD via the @FletcherSchool.

[Global Initiative @GI_TOC]

🗞️ Reports that the US may deport migrants to #Libya have raised serious concerns.

Our new publication examines how such expulsions could expose individuals to harm and reinforce Libya’s criminal and detention economies.

👉Read more: https://t.co/o88K2uBlNi

[North Africa, the Mediterranean & Sahel Program @StimsonNAfrica]

Join us April 1 | 12–1:30 PM (EST) at @JHUBloombergCtr for a timely panel on irregular migration from North Africa to Europe—featuring:
• Dr. Matt Herbert @DrM2H (@GI_TOC)
• @IntissarFakir (@MiddleEastInst)
• @roberto_forin (@Mixed_Migration)
Moderator: Executive Director, North Africa Initiative & Senior Fellow @FPI_SAIS @HafedAlGhwell

RSVP: https://t.co/iV6KNrVfHk
Watch live: https://t.co/3w2btzgas6

#NorthAfrica #Migration #SAIS #MENA #PolicyDialogue #JohnsHopkinsSAIS #MixedMigration

[Global Initiative @GI_TOC]

🗓️Join us on 16 Dec 2024 at 10 AM (CET) for the launch webinar of ‘On Target? Sanctions and Their Effectiveness in the #WesternBalkans: A Decade of Lessons Learned’.

Register now ⬇️

#Sanctions #PolicyTalks

@ScaturroRuggero @DrM2H @FatjonaMejdini
https://t.co/7YFRAiUQzL

[Emadeddin Badi @emad_badi]

Sudan's conflict-induced displacement has fueled the development of smuggling networks on the borders with Libya, Egypt and Chad, a dynamic which will likely have long-lasting consequences.

Learn more about these alarming trends: https://t.co/pOZiHNsPBo

[Emadeddin Badi @emad_badi]

Since April 2023, Sudan's tragic civil war has internally displaced >8M people and has severely disrupted migration patterns, forcing refugees to increasingly rely on smuggling networks as a means of escape.

Our latest @GI_TOC with @DrM2H analyzes this upheaval and its impact:

[Iniciativa Global contra el Crimen Organizado @GI_TOC_esp]

@romainlecour @DrM2H 🇭🇹 La comunidad internacional debe coordinar las sanciones y la misión de apoyo para enfrentar la crisis en Haití y apoyar a la sociedad civil en su lucha por restaurar la seguridad.

[Iniciativa Global contra el Crimen Organizado @GI_TOC_esp]

@romainlecour @DrM2H 🇭🇹 Las pandillas han evolucionado significativamente, pasando de ser actores desorganizados a violentos “emprendedores” que controlan territorios, aprovechando el acceso a armas y la debilidad del Estado haitiano.

[Iniciativa Global contra el Crimen Organizado @GI_TOC_esp]

La seguridad en Haití se ha deteriorado gravemente, con pandillas ganando más control territorial. La ONU aprobó una misión liderada por Kenia que enfrenta grandes retos.
✍️@romainlecour y @DrM2H
«Crisis de pandillas en Haití y la respuesta internacional»
https://t.co/CfGtLfWgkZ

[Aldo Liga @AldoLiga]

Quel coût du non-#Maghreb? Ravi d'en discuter avec @AJaldi et le @PolicyCenterNS

Le rapport publié par @ispionline est disponible au lien suivant https://t.co/tAyZR3mkNY
@FrancisGhiles @IntissarFakir @HaneenZeglam @irenefmolina @mhlarramendi @DrM2H @solerlecha

[UNSMIL @UNSMILibya]

From SRSG @Bathily_UNSMIL's remark to the Security Council - 15 Feb 2024

[Romain Le Cour @romainlecour]

Final -

2nd section describes the mandate + operations of international tools: sanctions regime / MSS mission

3rd section flags issues to be considered by both the sanctions regime and the international force and presents recommendations.

Report ▶️ https://t.co/LJwoI2y4nX

[Romain Le Cour @romainlecour]

11 - The UN’s current initiatives on Haiti potentially augur a new international approach to how organized crime actors are tackled both from a security and human rights perspective. Ensuring international tools are effective in mitigating harm is vital.

[Romain Le Cour @romainlecour]

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Oct 2022: sanctions regime for Haiti
Oct 2023: Security Council resolution authorizing non-UN multinational security support (MSS) mission. After lengthy talks, Kenyan government agreed to lead the deployment to support the Haitian National Police (HNP), now blocked.

[Romain Le Cour @romainlecour]

9 - Extortion & protection rackets: Bureaucratization of crime

The social control exerted by gangs is primarily geared towards maximizing access to resources, both financial and political, licit and illicit.

Extortion, Protection Rackets, Checkpoints, Kidnapping as an industry.