Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

2 months ago | globalinitiative.net

Canada is not a ‘big player’ in the fentanyl trade: well under 1% of the fentanyl entering the US comes from Canada. In fact, fentanyl from Canada is not even mentioned as a drug trafficking threat to the US in the most recent assessment by the US Drug Enforcement Administration. While illicit fentanyl production does occur in Canada, most of the product is consumed domestically, with surplus amounts smuggled to overseas markets, such as Australia. In the US, 97% of fentanyl seized is sourced from the southern border with Mexico, with China being the primary source of the precursor chemicals used in the production of the drug.

Sep 3, 2024 | globalinitiative.net

In late August, the arrest and preliminary charging of Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, by the French judicial authorities kicked off a high-stakes game of geopolitics that will shape how governments handle tech giants in the future.

Mar 22, 2024 | globalinitiative.net

The Asia-Pacific region saw a 1 530% increase in deepfake cases between 2022 and 2023, the second highest in the world after North America. Vietnam had the highest increase in deepfake fraud in the region (25.3%), followed by Japan (23.4%), and the Philippines saw the highest growth in deepfake cases (4 500%). AI and deepfakes are also being used in cyber-scam operations across the region, where thousands of people are reported to have been lured to work for organized criminal networks and forced to defraud other people through online scams. As these criminal networks grow, deepfake technology is becoming undoubtedly lucrative.