RESPECT

La trata de personas en zonas de conflicto

Posted on 02 Aug 2017

Global Initiative

How Libya’s Fezzan Became Europe’s New Border

Posted on 31 Jul 2017

RESPECT

Connecting human trafficking and conflict

Posted on 08 Jun 2017

Author(s): Kathryn Kosanovich

Gold Watch

Gold, guns and China: Ghana’s fight to end galamsey

...en licensed brokers buy and sell gold without regard to its origin. The loss of revenue to the state is particularly critical as the government is struggling to fund oversight mechanisms. Reducing illicit financial flows would greatly contribute to the state’s resources and its ability to deploy much-needed development initiatives. Police collusion In both 2006 and 2013, the government organised swoops on illegal...

Posted on 30 May 2017

Author(s): Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

Global Initiative

Annual Report 2016

Annual Report 2016

...al Initiative Network of Experts, truly showcasing the value of our approach.The Annual Report highlights our activities in the areas: Global Strategy Governance, Development and Fragility illicit financial flows Drug Trafficking and Drug Policy Environmental Crime Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Maritime Piracy ...

Posted on 08 May 2017

NAS-Obs

The Human Conveyor Belt : trends in human trafficking and smuggling in post-revolution Libya

Trends in human trafficking and smuggling in post-revolution Libya

Posted on 17 Mar 2017

Author(s): Mark Micallef

Development Dialogue

Event: Downstream Oil Theft: Global Trends, Modalities and Remedies

...RC have re-established themselves as fuel smugglers—often bringing their product into Uganda, where a syndicate known as the “Opec Boys” has for years filled supply gaps in underserved regions. illicit financial flows from oil theft in West Africa have been laundered through European financial systems to end up in Lebanon and Syria. Oil stolen in Nigeria has been blended with Ghanaian oil at a Ghanaian offshore fa...

Posted on 07 Mar 2017

Crime & Conflict, Development Dialogue

Governing Safer Cities: Strategies for a Globalised World

Governing Safer Cities

...taken for the purposes of developing this framework, identified several key illicit flows that were relatively common and had a direct link to city safety, including trafficking of persons and drugs, illicit financial flows, firearms and counterfeit goods. The impact of global illicit flows on city security and how they exacerbate risk factors for crime and violence at community level is often not well understood. En...

Posted on 08 Feb 2017

Crime & Conflict

People smuggling in Libya: You can’t bomb away a problem of economics

Posted on 25 Jan 2017

Crime Terror Nexus, Private Sector, Protecting Politics

Beyond Convergence: World Without Order

Posted on 27 Oct 2016

Gold Watch

Blog: Hands on the Elephant

...hosted an International Symposium at the OECD-ICGLR-UN GoE Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in Paris, France. The Symposium featured presentations by some of the world’s leading lights on illicit financial flows as impediments to artisanal and small-scale gold mining formalisation. The Follow the Money series features blogs derived directly from the speakers’ presentations and interviews. At The GIFF P...

Posted on 22 Aug 2016

Crime & Conflict, Gold Watch

The Battle for Mineral Wealth in Afghanistan: a Microcosm of Organized Crime trends

Posted on 21 Jun 2016