Drugs and organized crime: Analysis

Our work on drugs and organized crime includes insights on illicit drug trafficking, international security, and policy reform, including the UK.

Many political obstacles remain to making drug policy reform sustainable. But these should not be used as excuses for continuing with a failed status quo. 

The international drug control system has been ineffective in reducing the size of the market and in preventing the emergence of new drugs and drug routes created by organized criminal gangs. Many drug policies have arguably been counter-productive. 

Meanwhile, the international drugs trade continues to create serious challenges for policymakers across the world, from Fentanyl in the United States, to Captagon in the Middle East

This page combines our research, expert commentary, podcasts, and events on the global dynamics of drug markets and organized criminal networks.