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This briefing paper by UNICRI, the Nature Crime Alliance and the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition sheds light on the key challenges facing investigative journalists reporting on environmental crime worldwide — and outlines practical recommendations to strengthen the field.Titled Empowering Investigative Journalism on Environmental Crime: Insights from a Global Training, the report draws on discussions and survey findings from a specialised training workshop held from 29 September to 1 October 2025. The workshop brought together more than 110 journalists and

  The new issue of 1540 Compass (Issue 5, January 2026) is now available, the journal dedicated to supporting the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors.This fifth issue focuses on Disrupting proliferation in finance and trade, offering an in-depth examination of how financial flows, international trade and emerging technologies can be exploited to support proliferation activities, and of the regulatory and operational measures required to counter these risks effectively.The

Hidden Links: Facilitating Criminal Activities While Exploiting E-Commerce examines a rapidly growing and increasingly sophisticated form of online criminality linked to the trafficking of counterfeit goods. As digital marketplaces continue to expand and third-party sellers account for a significant share of global e-commerce, counterfeiters have adapted their practices, moving decisively from physical markets to online platforms.In response to this shift, e-commerce platforms and brand owners have invested heavily in automated detection tools, including image recognition and keyword-based fil