Organised Crime and Policing

The programme investigates the evolving impact of global warming on the criminogenic dynamics behind large-scale environmental crime.

A trailblazing project examining the impact of climate change on criminal drivers behind large-scale illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Commissioned by the Home Office, RUSI is leading an independent assessment of the UK’s performance on tackling financial crime related to illegal wildlife trade (IWT).

Strengthening enforcement capacities and improving synergies to combat international and trans-border wildlife trafficking in and between Peru and Ecuador.

This project aims to strengthen key Ugandan stakeholders’ capacity to detect, deter and prosecute wildlife crime, working with security and law-enforcement agencies in the country.

This project conducted the first regional knowledge and capacity assessment on illicit financial flows connected to the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) in West and Central Africa.

This project piloted a strategic threat- and needs-assessment around the financial dimensions of wildlife trafficking, to inform tailored, multi-agency and cross-sectoral capacity building in East Africa.

This project delivered tailored cross-sector capacity-building information on disrupting wildlife-linked illicit financial flows in East and Southern Africa, accompanied by rapid-reference guides and an e-learning resource.

RUSI contributed to the establishment of the United for Wildlife IWT Financial Taskforce, which – through high-level commitments and actionable intelligence sharing – has mobilised over 40 global banks against wildlife trafficking.

This project generated new financial intelligence and investigative opportunities by reviewing two closed ivory trafficking cases in Lao PDR.

Primary research in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia calls for anti-corruption efforts to be placed front-and-centre of our collective response to wildlife trafficking.

This project conducted a cross-regional analysis to establish the factors behind the collective failure to provide an adequate global response to large-scale illegal fishing.

The first project of its kind to examine in detail the intersection between illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and transnational organised crime and security.

This project examines criminal risks in free-trade zones, also known as freeports, and highlights best practice in tackling those risks.

The project explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on modern slavery and human trafficking in Sudan.

The On Tap paper series presented ground-breaking research on the role of organised crime groups in illicit trade in tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals across Europe.

On Tap is the result of the first in-depth investigation of its kind into the intersection of organised crime and illicit trade in the UK.

This project sought to examine and present a new model for tackling cyber fraud in the UK.

This project is the first of its kind to explore options for the financial disruption of organised crime networks involved in audio-visual piracy.

OMDDAC provides a public space for the consolidation of knowledge and understanding of data-driven approaches to COVID-19, focusing on legal, ethical, policy and operational challenges.

RUSI conducted research into the potential use of big data analytics by UK policing, providing insights into current limitations and priorities for expanding these capabilities.

RUSI partnered with the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation to conduct research into the use of data analytics by police in England and Wales.

RUSI was commissioned by the UK government to lead the Independent Surveillance Review, which informed the government’s thinking on the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

RUSI partnered with the University of Winchester in September 2018 to conduct research into the application of machine learning algorithms to police decision-making.

RUSI partnered with Wilton Park to convene a series of dialogues on the UK government’s future AI strategy.