Photograph: Fundasaun Mahein (2022) Recent public controversy surrounding the World Bank’s poverty estimates has reopened an important debate about Timor-Leste’s development trajectory and the condition of the state more broadly. READ MOREREAD MORE
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Instituisaun Naun Govermental Peskiza, Monitorizasaun ho Advokasia ba Setor Seguransa no Defeza iha Timor-Leste.
State of Fragility: Poverty,…
Photograph: Fundasaun Mahein (2022) Recent public controversy surrounding the World…
Strengthening Police Professionalism, Accountability…
Photo: Facebook PNTL ( 23 July 2026) The recent fatal…
From Casino Investments to…
Photo: PNTL, Facebook, July 2026 Over recent weeks, Timor-Leste’s security…
HEADLINE
State of Fragility: Poverty, Institutional Change and Political Transition
Strengthening Police Professionalism, Accountability and Operational Capacity: The Role of Regional Cooperation and Domestic Reform
From Casino Investments to Decentralised Scam Centres: Timor-Leste Faces a New Phase of Transnational Organised Crime
Ghosts in Dili: Aviation Gaps, Scam Networks and a Test of Timor-Leste’s Sovereignty
Youth Crime and the Crisis of Social Order
Reviving Pensamento: A Call for Evidence-Based Public Debate in Timor-Leste
Strengthening Police Professionalism, Accountability and Operational Capacity: The Role of Regional Cooperation and Domestic ReformStrengthening Police Professionalism, Accountability and Operational Capacity: The Role of Regional Cooperation and Domestic Reform
Photo: Facebook PNTL ( 23 July 2026) The recent fatal shooting of a civilian by a member of the Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste (PNTL) in Uatucarbau, Viqueque, has once again READ MOREREAD MORE
From Casino Investments to Decentralised Scam Centres: Timor-Leste Faces a New Phase of Transnational Organised CrimeFrom Casino Investments to Decentralised Scam Centres: Timor-Leste Faces a New Phase of Transnational Organised Crime
Photo: PNTL, Facebook, July 2026 Over recent weeks, Timor-Leste’s security authorities have conducted a major and continuing crackdown on suspected online scam centres operating in Dili and surrounding areas. By READ MOREREAD MORE
Ghosts in Dili: Aviation Gaps, Scam Networks and a Test of Timor-Leste’s SovereigntyGhosts in Dili: Aviation Gaps, Scam Networks and a Test of Timor-Leste’s Sovereignty
This report analyses the Cessna Citation 700 private jet incident that occurred in Dili on 1 July 2026, involving falsified documentation that fraudulently invoked the name of the President of READ MOREREAD MORE
