Michaela Espenschied

Research/Academia @GI_TOC & @RMIT📚@SCC_MQ| Prev. w/@UNODC_SEAP 🌏
Tweets on TOC, P/CVE, int security and #auspol | From 🇦🇺| Views my own.

[Michaela Espenschied @michaela_j_e]

2 yr effort published today & pleased to contribute w/350 global experts🎉A first-of-its-kind tool assessing lvls of #OrganizedCrime & (193) countries resilience, most serious attempt yet to quantify current global threats. Findings paint worrying picture of reach, scale & impact

[Global Initiative @GI_TOC]

⏳On September 28 we will be launching the Global Organized Crime Index #OCIndex2021

The project draws upon a 2-year effort to develop the tool, involving over 350 experts worldwide, to evaluate levels of #crime and #resilience in all 193 UN member states.https://t.co/ELVYprSh3p

[Jeremy Douglas @jdouglasSEA]

Important read. Well timed to be back to this view - an unpleasant place across the way, but in the perfect spot to meet Thai intel officials to follow-up two year in-depth analysis of organized crime and casinos in the Mekong. Unprecedented job, next steps being discussed

[Inshik Sim @yasdre]

Another 3.4 million #GoldenTriangle #Myanmar methamphetamine tablets in north #Thailand. A series of large #trafficking cases like this across the country past month as supply continues to flow @jdouglasSEA @raithelhuber #Mekong #organizedcrime, https://t.co/1xvbRrJbXU

[Global Initiative @GI_TOC]

🇺🇦 Our Global #OCIndex found #Ukraine as one of the largest #armstrafficking markets in Europe, especially small arms and ammunition.

🔴 After the collapse of the #SovietUnion, Ukraine inherited large military stockpiles, with some trafficked to the rest of Europe and beyond.

[Inshik Sim @yasdre]

Drug markets in #SouthAsia and #SoutheastAsia are increasingly connected, and Northeast #India is sandwiched between the two for outflows of chemicals and inflows of drugs from #GoldenTriangle #Myanmar. @jdouglasSEA @raithelhuber https://t.co/CwbRMWVpq5

[UNODC South-East Asia & the Pacific @UNODC_SEAP]

Affirming 🇯🇵🇺🇳 partnership. Justice Minister Furukawa Yoshihisa of #Japan visited @UNODC_SEAP to exchange views with @jdouglasSEA and discuss further justice and security cooperation in #SoutheastAsia #ASEAN #Pacific @MOJ_HOUMU @CongressKyoto

[Suchaya Mokkhasen @SuchayaSEA]

Presented consolidated guidance from UN agencies @AnnaGiudice9 on #RTP Draft Ministerial Regulation on the Use of Force by LE officials in #Thailand 🇹🇭. Compliance w/ Int' norms&Standards means effective crime prevention, respect human rights&frontline officials protection.

[Global Initiative @GI_TOC]

🌳 Criminal behaviour in the #Mekong region is having a devastating impact on local #ecosystems.

🎧 Understand what is fuelling illicit activities and allowing the region to become a hub of #environmentalcrime in the latest episode of #TheIndex ⬇️
https://t.co/NtCO8DOCCB

[Inshik Sim @yasdre]

Distribution network that runs a street meth trade in parts of central & southern #Thailand known as Tao Gon Malee (เครือข่ายท้าวกอนมาลี) taken down & 1 million #GoldenTriangle meth tablets seized, with leader, 11 others arrested & storage seized https://t.co/HvWSgnxOjd

[CNN International @cnni]

More than one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year https://t.co/mFWOKp031e

[UNODC South-East Asia & the Pacific @UNODC_SEAP]

Record amount - 171.5 tons - of meth seized in East SE Asia amidst the #COVID19 pandemic as #organizedcrime reroute shipments, push supply, diversify production sources, use diverse chemicals. Price drops bring more risk to population as high-purity drugs more affordable @UNODC

[UNODC South-East Asia & the Pacific @UNODC_SEAP]

New @UNODC East SE Asia report reveals synthetic drug trade expansion, record >1 billion methamphetamine tablets seized, #organizedcrime and #GoldenTriangle non-state armed groups scaled production with % from small groups up almost 5x, all-time low prices https://t.co/3P5V7Wqixk

[Inshik Sim @yasdre]

Latest #NewZealand wastewater drug testing (Q4 2021 ) shows meth use has increased by 30% compared to the same period of 2020. Also the meth use level continues to be much higher than cocaine. @jdouglasSEA @raithelhuber https://t.co/QeYcEeXVBA

[Lyes Tagziria @LyesTagziria]

🌊 Oceania is significantly understudied in the organized crime world. Study after study stresses the importance of preventative, rather than solely reactive, measures. The Pacific Island countries are a chance to put this into practice.

By @CainTess 👇https://t.co/nFtE6BwwsK

[Inshik Sim @yasdre]

Another 100,000 #GoldenTriangle #Myanmar meth tablets Mizoram #India. Spillover west continues and expands @jdouglasSEA #organizedcrime. Urgent need to examine #trafficking mechanics between the two countries @misra_jayant, https://t.co/5ZeITimB7D

[Dr. Sarah Taylor @sarahjhtaylor]

Delighted to meet DG Ghada Waly during her visit. I applaud her approach to countering drug trafficking through demand reduction, alternative livelihoods and stopping illegal money flows that sustain criminal gangs. @UNODC_SEAP @jdouglasSEA @GAC_Corporate

[DrugMonitoringCentre (DMC) @DMCentre]

#Afghanistan's #Taliban announce ban on #poppy production.
https://t.co/7fsrAssyP8

[Ghada Fathi Waly @GhadaFathiWaly]

Impressed by Thai Navy operations on the famous #Mekong. Criminal groups use the river for drug & precursor trafficking; the efforts of the navy are crucial to combat these activities in order to protect national & regional security.

[Ghada Fathi Waly @GhadaFathiWaly]

The #GoldenTriangle is one of the busiest drug trafficking corridors in the world. Eye-opening to see & hear about the situation; @UNODC is stepping up support to @ONCB_Thai & the region to strengthen joint efforts against organized crime in the area

[John W. @johnwSEAP]

Another large haul of 6 million methamphetamine pills & 21kg crystal ice in NE #Thailand, smuggled across the #Mekong river from neighbouring #Laos. Huge seizures now routine, yet only tip of the ice berg as far as actual volume is concerned @jdouglasSEA
https://t.co/1y23UG3sFP

[Global Initiative @GI_TOC]

💊 As #CND65 takes place this week to respond to emerging challenges of the World Drug Problem, join us tomorrow to hear about the history of UN #drugcontrol.

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