More than 6,500 people marched across French Polynesia with one message: “No to ice.” Crystal methamphetamine has become a growing concern across the territory, where meth is exceptionally expensive and communities are grappling with addiction, trafficking and its wider social impact. In this video, we look at how the methamphetamine market developed in French Polynesia, why the drug commands such extraordinary prices, and what its rise reveals about the challenges facing law enforcement, public health and local communities. We also examine who is responsible for tackling the problem — and why French Polynesia’s unique political relationship with France matters.

To learn more about organized crime in French Polynesia, visit: ocindex.net

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How does a car stolen from a driveway in the UK or Europe make its way to a different continent, and end up for sale thousands of miles away?

There is no single route, or criminal organization controlling this trade. Instead it relies on a network of specialist, and the involvement of private-sector actors who either knowingly cooperate, or may be coerced.

Between 2023 and 2025, the Global Organized Crime Index recorded an increase in the influence in the influence of private-sector actors - the steepest rise among all the criminal actor types monitored.

We examine how vehicles are moved into overseas markets, the actors who enable the trade, and why it remains so difficult to stop.

Cattle rustling in Kenya's North Rift has evolved from a small-scale cultural tradition into an organised, heavily armed, and highly profitable criminal enterprise. Raids can involve hundreds of people, strip families of generational wealth, and displace entire communities. And it's no longer driven by cattle alone, but by a wider scramble for territory, political power, and access to oil, gold, and other resources. In this episode of The Index, we examine who profits from this criminal economy and why efforts to stop it have failed.

To learn more about organized crime in Kenya, visit: ocindex.net