Global Organized Crime Index

The spoils of crime: Returning profit from crime to society

...minal Justice Cooperation, reported that cases involving organized crime groups rose by 12% since 2022. In 2023, Eurojust dealt with more than 13 000 serious cross-border criminal cases, ranging from cybercrime and money laundering, to trafficking in human beings and environmental crimes, and arrested more than 4 200 suspects. These interventions led to criminal assets worth over €1 billion being sei...

Posted on 29 Oct 2024

Author(s): Chiara Gentili

UN Cyberwatch

Decoding the message in the Telegram case

...y the French judicial authorities kicked off a high-stakes game of geopolitics that will shape how governments handle tech giants in the future. Durov was arrested as part of an investigation by a cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office into criminal activity on the Telegram messaging app. The tech tycoon is not accused of carrying out the various forms of organized crime (which include d...

Posted on 03 Sep 2024

Author(s): Ian Tennant

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #19

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...oad PDF Click here to view the Global Organized Crime Index bcms BCMS mk Македонски sq Shqip Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 19 August 2024 Summary highlights cyber-enabled crime poses significant risks to South Eastern Europe. The lack of preventative measures has left South Eastern Europe at an increased risk of cyber-enabled crime, as evidenced by well-orches...

Posted on 28 Aug 2024

Global Organized Crime Index

The blurred line between villains and victims

...n crime mean that it is not always possible to draw a clear line between those who should be referred for protection and those who should be prosecuted. Where a perpetrator of a crime (such as fraud, cybercrime, extortion or drug trafficking) is the victim of another (such as human trafficking), how can justice be upheld for both the victims of forced criminality and those who are victimized by them? ...

Posted on 21 Aug 2024

Author(s): Marika McAdam

UN Cyberwatch

A treaty with unintended consequences

...s to implement it. The technical assistance measures listed are focused on technical capabilities, mostly directed at law enforcement’s ability to track and collect data, evidence and proceeds from cybercrimes or crimes that use an ICT device. However, there are no measures for legal training or judicial oversight of electronic evidence collection, or how to properly use electronic data in buildin...

Posted on 08 Aug 2024

Author(s): Summer Walker

Global Organized Crime Index

Armenia’s mixed-bag reformism

...ia and seen as incapable of dealing with emerging threats. This reform strategy sought to distance the state from Russian influence and develop new capabilities to combat emerging challenges, such as cybercrime, drug trafficking and human smuggling, among others.   Progress – but more to be done   However, despite its reform programmes, Armenia faces several serious challenges. First, a pat...

Posted on 30 Jul 2024

Author(s): Richard Giragosian

UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

Turning down the heat: A low-key CCPCJ follows the high drama of the CND

...by Belarus), which focused on addressing trafficking that takes place online.   Here, states were divided primarily over the terminology – in line with the positions they adopted during the UN cybercrime treaty negotiations. Ultimately, the Russian/Belarusian terminology of ‘criminal misuse of ICTs’ was not included in favour of the more general references to ‘online trafficking’ favoure...

Posted on 05 Jun 2024

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Darren Brookbanks, Nadia Schwartz Rivero, Misha Khamseh, Laura Bakonszegi

APA-Obs

China’s new model of global governance and its impact on the fight against organized crime

A changing landscape

...l risks associated with the approach. By revealing previously unknown networks and relationships, the findings suggest there could be a gap between principle and practice. A pushback by China against cybercrime hubs in South East Asia, for example, includes instances where the party-state appears to demonstrate a high tolerance for organized crime. These cases raise questions about whether the Chinese ...

Posted on 09 May 2024

Author(s): Martin Thorley