In Transit: Gangs and Criminal Networks in Guyana (Working Paper 11)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 24 November, 2020

Since 2000, Guyana has seen a rise in violent crime associated with gangs and organized crime syndicates, which have created drug and weapon problems in the country. Cocaine, trafficked from neighbouring Venezuela, is transited through Guyana en route to Europe and the United States. Gangs also utilize the country’s porous borders with Brazil, a major weapons manufacturer, to smuggle arms into Guyana and ship them to other countries in the Caribbean.

Fault Lines: Tracking Armed Violence in Yemen (YAVA Issue Brief 1)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 24 November, 2020

Initiated in 2008, the Yemen Armed Violence Assessment (YAVA) comprises a multi-year field-based project designed to generate quantitative and qualitative analysis of the drivers and dynamics of armed violence in the country. The YAVA is designed to support efforts to prevent and reduce armed violence in Yemen, not least by the Yemeni government, which has taken significant steps in recent years to address weapons carrying in cities and constrain the arms trade.

Security Provision in Southern Lebanon: Surveying Public Opinion (Lebanon AVA Issue Brief 1)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 24 November, 2020

In mid-2008, the Lebanon Armed Violence Assessment (LAVA) undertook the most extensive public survey to date on arms and security issues in Southern Lebanon. The LAVA survey included interviews with some 1,388 households in southern and administrative districts (‘qazas’) under the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Security Council mandate.

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