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The Rise of the Albanian Mafia - a brand new video series coming soon to the Intelligence Fusion YouTube channel.From the beginnings of Albanian organised crime following the collapse of communism in the 1990s, to the markets they now dominate across Europe in the present day, we look at their activities across the continent, and how they have grown to become one of the most signif

Join the discussion in the Intelligence Fusion OSINT community, exclusive to Discord: https://hubs.ly/Q01k6Qyv0----How successful has Iranian foreign policy been in recent years? From Iran's alliance with Russia leading it to becoming involved in the war in Ukraine through the supply of drones and other weaponry, to closer to home, where Iran seeks to project power into the wider r

How are wars won in the modern era? As Ukraine’s counteroffensive reports significant gains, especially in its Kharkiv offensive, we look at the concept of a decisive battle, and whether it is possible in the modern era - or what a decisive battle might look like if so. Recorded in two parts, and covering past conflicts from the modern era including the Vietnam War, the Firs

In this episode of The Roundtable, our intelligence analysts - who specialise in the security situations of Asia, Africa and the Americas - take a closer look at their regions to understand which countries could be most heavily affected by the fuel shortages and growing food crisis across the world. Selecting a handful of countries or subregions as case studies, the team explo

What can the conflicts that we’ve witnessed in Iraq, Libya, Nagorno Karabakh, Syria, and even Ukraine, teach us about the evolution of conflict in recent years? In the latest episode of our threat intelligence podcast, The Roundtable, we discuss how war and conflict have changed and address key issues including:Do tanks have a place on the modern battlefield?Are drones evolutiona

While global headlines are dominated by the ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia and the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas region, there are a number of other armed conflicts to track in 2022 that are perhaps further out of the spotlight. In the third episode of The Roundtable intelligence podcast, our analysts sit down to discuss six of these conflicts, hoping to

In September 2021, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America signed an agreement aimed at strengthening military capabilities in the Pacific region, quickly becoming known as the AUKUS agreement. The immediate headlines resulting from this agreement were focussed on the announcement that the UK would be providing nuclear submarines to Australia - much to the co

On this first episode of The Roundtable, Max Taylor, Viraj Pattni and Vincent Fevrier take a look at the ways in which armed groups have used extractive resources as a way of funding themselves, including ISIS and the Taliban in the Middle East and Central Asia, jihadist groups in the Sahel region of Africa, and cartels and insurgent groups in Central and South America. Hosted on A

And how might they drive piracy in the Gulf of Guinea?95% of all kidnappings by pirates in 2020 took place in the Gulf of Guinea, now the epicentre of piracy off the coast of Africa - and one of the most dangerous seas in the world. So what is driving this pirate threat? And how does what happens on land help fuel incidents at sea?In this episode of The Insight, we explore the driv

And what is the current state of policing?Police in Europe were already facing mounting pressures, with the threat of the far-right, left-wing extremists, organised crime gangs, and deteriorating morale and public trust even before the pandemic hit the continent last year. With governments imposing lockdowns in Europe because of COVID-19, this has impacted on how police are dealing