Triple Edge Resources

The ICFTU (1949–2006) was the Cold War-era international free trade union body — its archive at IISH Amsterdam documents the Western labour movement’s role in opposing Soviet influence in global union structures.

Global umbrella body for national trade union confederations — 200 million members in 163 countries. Primary voice for workers in international institutions including the UN, ILO, G20 and WTO.

Global union federation representing 50 million workers in mining, energy and manufacturing in 140 countries — formed 2012 from ICEM, IMF and ITGLWF merger. Key actor in global supply chain rights.

UN specialised agency setting international labour standards — 187 member states. Publishes conventions, recommendations and reports on all aspects of work, employment and social protection.

Recognised social partner of the EU institutions — represents 45 million workers across 90 member organisations in 38 countries. The primary interlocutor for labour in European social dialogue.

EC’s education and training policy hub — covers Erasmus+, the European Education Area, vocational training (CEDEFOP), and the Bologna Process. Documents the EU’s human capital and social cohesion agenda.

Two-page CIA briefing for US Congressional staff on European and North African security; reveals CIA-Congress intelligence sharing on Mediterranean security.

One-page CIA document on American militarism; likely a press or research summary.

35-page CIA assessment of West European willingness to support US military action against Libya following the 1986 Tripoli bombing; covers individual country positions and the limits of the Atlantic alliance on anti-Libyan operations.

38-page CIA assessment of the early 1980s transatlantic economic crisis; covers the Siberian pipeline dispute, sanctions, and structural divergence between US and European economic interests.

31-page CIA assessment of Soviet technology theft from the West and its implications for US national security; key document on Cold War technology war.

8-page CIA assessment of De Gaulle’s European policy and its implications for NATO cohesion; key document on French-American tensions.

Israeli-Ukrainian national arrested in Moscow accused of orchestrating a global organ trafficking network — documents the crime-state nexus in organ trade.

Reports on trafficking of women via the Israel-Jordan border under cover of domestic work recruitment — forced into prostitution on arrival.

Jerusalem Post report on undercover Israel Police operation dismantling an international sex trafficking ring; 15 suspects targeted.

HRW report documenting debt bondage, police complicity, and international peacekeeper involvement in Bosnian sex trafficking; women from Moldova, Romania and Ukraine trafficked into hundreds of nightclubs.

Wikipedia profile of Semion Mogilevich — the Russian-Israeli organised crime boss linked to arms trafficking, money laundering, prostitution networks and FBI Most Wanted list.

Belarusian woman recruited as police informant helps dismantle a trafficking ring bringing women primarily from the former USSR into Israel.

How an obscure Russian bank financed Le Pen’s National Front, then collapsed — leaving a trail of payments to Moscow and arrested owners.

Pomerantsev argues Western response to Russian information war requires ideological offensive, not just sanctions; written after Ukrainian Kharkiv counter-offensive.

Berlin formally protests Russian GRU-linked Ghostwriter hacking operation targeting German MPs ahead of 2021 federal election.

Six-page CIA assessment of West Germany’s increasingly assertive foreign and security policy role within NATO and European integration.

Eight-page CIA assessment of momentum and obstacles in Western European integration.

Seven-page CIA briefing note for a meeting with CSCE negotiator Maresca; raises questions about secrecy in European security negotiations within the Helsinki process.