Global Initiative

The tragic tale of John Warwick: exemplifying Australia’s TOC trends

... them are intellectually disabled or mentally ill and claim to have been duped by online scams. The organized criminal group that exploited Mr Warwick exemplifies the cross-cutting, transnational, cyber-enables nature of transnational organized crime seen today. The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) report Organized Crime in Australia 2015 specifically outlines existing and emerging organized crime ...

Posted on 29 Jun 2015

Global Initiative

Norway announces fight against the intertwined role of organised crime in conflict and terrorism

...security challenges in Norway’s foreign policy, which includes efforts to strengthen information and analysis capacity against the rapidly rising threat of organised crime in supporting terrorism, cyber crime and even state conflicts, working across fields of Defence, Police, Justice and development at a new scale.  This is intended to ensure a more effective and more coherent effort to address ...

Posted on 19 Jun 2015

Development Dialogue, UN-TOC Watch

Policy or progress? Countdown to UNGASS 2016

...ures and disruptions to organized crime. However, immense challenges remain. These include: the growth of international trade and of the number of people moving around the world by sea, air and land; cyber-technologies that give criminal groups anonymity in trafficking drugs; increased involvement of gangs in drug trafficking; the growing link between “insurgency and insecurity” and drug production...

Posted on 24 Mar 2015

RESPECT

Webinar: Online Sexual Exploitation of Children: Rights and Responsibilities

...tting Sexual Exploitation of Children Online, End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT). Fernando Ruiz – Team Leader FP Twins – European cybercrime Centre – EUROPOL. Courtney Gregoire, Senior Attorney, Digital Crimes Unit, Microsoft Mark Latonero, Research Director and Deputy Managing Director, University of Southern California  (...

Posted on 04 Feb 2015

Global Initiative

Police Ransomware Threat Assessment

...ures against police ransomware and similar modi operandi are implemented in a coordinated, complementary and comprehensive manner. This assessment is the result of a common initiative of the European cybercrime Centre (EC3) and the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU). Its aim is to increase awareness of ransomware by providing an EU perspective on the problem and to identify opportunities for i...

Posted on 18 Dec 2014

Development Dialogue, UN-TOC Watch

The future of UNTOC? Does un-reviewed equate to irrelevant?

...me. Law enforcement officials consider it a document negotiated by diplomats – which indeed it was – that lacks the technical frameworks that make it effective against the modern-day realities of cybercrime, anonymity, corruption and the challenges of international cooperation. Furthermore, it appears that there is little political will to catalyze UNTOC into something more effective, while deba...

Posted on 22 Oct 2014

Development Dialogue, WEA-Obs

African Union analyses Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime in West and Central Africa

African Union analyses Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime in West and Central Africa

...nd category includes crimes which are either more recent or, if not, have previously been restricted to more localized contexts and have only recently taken on transnational aspects; examples include cybercrime, maritime piracy, and the illegal disposal of toxic waste.  Finally, criminal enablers, such as money laundering and arms trafficking, are crimes in their own right, but are primarily practiced...

Posted on 09 Oct 2014

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics, Resilience Fund

Social Networks: the showcase of organised crime

...ook, Twitter and Instagram show how they are being used as a criminal tool to recruit both members and victims, to intimidate, exploit and coerce. US and Canadian authorities are using the term “cyberbanging” to refer to this phenomenon of exhibiting criminal power, recruiting members, or even acting directly against their enemies on social networks.  A local news show in New York reported this...

Posted on 11 Sep 2014

Development Dialogue, Protecting Politics

GIN Interview: Saidi Mwema, former Inspector General, Tanzanian Police

...nt factor in achieving success. We all need to expand and deepen our understanding of TOC through co-operation and information sharing. We also need to strengthen our laws against crimes committed in cyberspace. We need to engage in joint training and joint operations. Most of all we need to ensure that the UN Convention against TOC is ratified. Interpol’s hub for combatting TOC facilitates regional ...

Posted on 11 Jul 2014

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Tendencias de Seguridad Cibernética en América Latina y El Caribe

...entado en el marco de la XLIV Asamblea General de la OEA celebrada en Asunción de Junio de 2014. Para leer el reporte completo: http://www.symantec.com/content/es/mx/enterprise/other_resources/b-cyber-security-trends-report-lamc.pdf Más información sobre cibercrimen: https://globalinitiative.net/programs/cybercrime/ ______________________________________________________________ Trends ...

Posted on 17 Jun 2014

Crime & Conflict

GIN Interview: Odd Berne Malme, Veteran Policeman

...enges when it comes to the cooperation between countries and regions. Different laws and regulations hamper cross-border operations, for example. Increasingly, operations are moving into the realm of cyberspace, necessitating specific resources, skilled personnel and advanced equipment for law enforcement to effectively follow the criminal activity. How to operate successfully in cyberspace will be the...

Posted on 16 Apr 2014

Global Initiative

Stolen innocence: the online exploitation of children

...e child exploitation, and the framework of the responses differs depending on whether it is a commercial or non-commercial transaction. The first and predominate challenge is one which is true to all cybercrimes: to penetrate through the layers of identity protection to identify the true perpetrators. The Internet remains an under-regulated zone. There is a paucity legislation which specifies the oblig...

Posted on 07 Apr 2014