Tag: deviant globalization

• The ultra-violent cult that became a global mafia

  August 28, 2024

  BBCA two-year BBC investigation into Black Axe – a Nigerian student fraternity which evolved into a dreaded mafia-group – has unearthed new evidence of infiltration of politics, and a scamming… more ›

• Netherlands: The children of a country held hostage by drug trafficking

  July 28, 2024

  On the edges of society, adolescents navigate the mafias that recruit them and the efforts of police officers, social workers and the few politicians who try to keep them on… more ›

• Airports, Student Aid Services Struck by Indonesian Cyber Attack

  July 1, 2024

  Indonesia’s parliament called the government to task over another cyber attack that led to airport and scholarship services being put out of service. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-28/airports-to-scholarships-crippled-in-indonesian-cyber-attack more ›

• June 17, 2024

  https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/kenya-content-moderators/?s=09 more ›

• ‘The cocaine superhighway’: how death and destruction mark drug’s path from South America to Europe

  June 13, 2024

  The submerged section of the ‘iceberg’ shows a man being searched by police, labelled packets of cocaine from a seizure and a customs official searching a box of bananas for… more ›

• The New Scramble for Africa: Land Acquisitions, Modern Imperialism, and the Role of the UAE

  June 9, 2024

  When I visited my home country, Sudan, back in 2011, I began to notice a massive shift. https://medium.com/@taisalih/the-new-scramble-for-africa-land-acquisitions-modern-imperialism-and-the-role-of-the-uae-d8e4505f5fd6 more ›

• The Dangerous Myth of Deglobalization

  June 5, 2024

  A consensus is emerging that the world is cleaving into blocs—not only geopolitically but economically, too. In 2020, the economist Douglas Irwin wrote that “the COVID-19 pandemic is driving the… more ›

• Europe’s New Power Map, From ASML to the Arctic

  May 26, 2024

  When US officials wanted to pressure Europe to do more to stave off China’s technological advances, they didn’t call European Union headquarters in Brussels. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-15/europe-s-new-power-map-from-asml-to-the-arctic more ›

• Dubai Unlocked

  May 15, 2024

  With a reputation for financial secrecy, low taxes, and an ever-expanding spread of valuable real estate, the city is an appealing option for those looking to launder or hide cash.… more ›

• Hot Money: Who Rules Porn?

  December 4, 2023

  When Financial Times reporter Patricia Nilsson started digging into the porn industry, she made a shocking discovery: Nobody knew who controlled the biggest porn company in the world. Now, Nilsson… more ›