UN-TOC Watch

Agreements and Disagreements on the Road to Kyoto

...ociety should be included in responses, and the importance of human rights in criminal-justice responses), and on how to reflect and respond to a number of illicit markets and the links between them. cybercrime, environmental crime and terrorism are particularly contentious in the negotiations. In addition, there are various disagreements over state responses to organized crime through prevention and c...

Posted on 09 Dec 2020

Author(s): Ian Tennant

ESA-Obs

Trafficking Malagasy Tortoises

Trafficking Malagasy Tortoises

...these reptiles over the last 20 years to supply the exotic pet trade. This trade is closely linked with social media, and we look at the numerous online dimensions of the trade, considering how cyber-enabled tools can be used in directing efforts to mitigate the deleterious interplay between illegal wildlife trade and the internet. As the global economy comes under pressure, livelihood prospec...

Posted on 03 Dec 2020

Author(s): Alastair Nelson, Jacqueline Cochrane

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #2

Civil Society Observatory to counter organized crime in South Eastern Europe

...d more Phishing in North Macedonia. Hackers in North Macedonia have developed a notorious reputation, from producing fake news during the last US election to carrying out a disproportionate number of cybercrime offences. Lately, cybercrime seems to be having a growing impact on the private sector in North Macedonia, particularly as a result of the technique known as ‘phishing’, which is used to ste...

Posted on 02 Nov 2020

UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

The 10th UN Conference of Parties to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

...ant amount of varied resolutions tabled, which she claimed demonstrated the success and importance of the CoP. Alongside the challenges posed by the pandemic, Waly emphasized fraudulent medicines and cybercrime as key issues for the international community to address. The CoP officially launched the review mechanism, and significant progress was also made in other areas outside of its core mandates,...

Posted on 23 Oct 2020

Author(s): Ian Tennant

UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch

The transnational organized crime agenda at the 75th UN General Assembly

...) of the upcoming Conference of the Parties to the UN’s convention on TOC this month, and the finalization of the convention’s review mechanism. The dominant topic of the debate, however, was the cybercrime-convention deliberations. Cybercrime This year, the committee was meant to carry forward a process initiated in 2019 by Russia in Third Committee and approved by the General Assembly to consid...

Posted on 12 Oct 2020

Author(s): Summer Walker

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – August

...id the pandemic is a severe threat to press freedom. Given the history of politically motivated convictions of journalists – such as that of journalist Maria Ressa (arrested in February 2019 for ‘cyber libel’) – it is not unreasonable to assume that such arrests will only increase in the wake of the new legislation. Similar laws have been used to arrest critics in Indonesia and in Vietnam, whil...

Posted on 15 Sep 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

CovidCrimeWatch

#CovidCrimeWatch – July

Posted on 30 Jul 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria