UN-TOC Watch

New Year’s resolutions for the UNODC

... government and society approach. A speaker from the UNODC noted the need to partner with the media and civil society to be more transparent about prison management, and a representative from the NGO Mexico Institute highlighted the consequences of poor prison conditions on inmates and the role civil society can play in advocating for change. Regarding the ability of organized crime to operate in and fr...

Posted on 17 Jan 2023

Author(s): Darren Brookbanks

Extortion in Central America, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Innovadores criminales: Nuevas tendencias de extorsión en Latinoamérica

Innovadores criminales

...r crimes, such as fraud, kidnapping and cybercrime. This report builds on previous GI-TOC analysis and activities in the region by analyzing innovations in northern Central American countries, and Mexico and Colombia, examining how innovations have continued to emerge after the changes driven by COVID-19. To help address the mutating phenomenon, it proposes a raft of techniques to support more robust...

Posted on 22 Dec 2022

Author(s): Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada, Luis Félix

Gold Watch

Organized crime threatens green minerals

...the Global Organized Crime Index 2021) with the presence of green mineral deposits and mining, several countries stand out as being at especially high risk. These include Brazil, South Africa, China, Mexico, Peru, Indonesia, Vietnam and India. In addition, countries with high criminality scores and a significant presence of a limited number of green mineral types are also at risk – namely, the Democra...

Posted on 14 Dec 2022

Author(s): Marcena Hunter, Gideon Ofosu-Peasah

UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

UN Security Council sets its periscope on maritime crime

...nnection, but the report notes that reliance on coastal ports by Sahelian non-state actors, including armed groups and terrorist groups, could lead them to build links in the countries. The UNODC and Mexico recalled recent terrorist attacks in Benin and Togo, expressing that even though piracy is declining, extremism is expanding regionally. Most representatives – including India, Brazil, United Arab ...

Posted on 09 Dec 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch, CAM-Obs, HT-Obs

New sanctions target Haiti gangsters

...s to consider. Meanwhile, the current administration of Ariel Henry has also called for foreign military assistance to address the issues. When the Council met on 17 October, the United States and Mexico (the penholders on Haiti) were together drafting two resolutions for members to consider. The first would create a new sanctions regime targeted at the criminal gangs and their financiers, as well as...

Posted on 26 Oct 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker

UN-TOC Watch

UN 77th General Assembly: Third Committee Meets on Crime

...ia on the inclusion of terrorism as a crime in the proposed treaty. A key concern raised by many states was human trafficking. Singapore, on behalf of ASEAN, as well as South Africa, Egypt, India, Mexico, Greece and Turkey were among these – a number of them expressing the importance of protecting migrants and addressing trafficking victims’ needs. The need to protect migrants was raised both in ...

Posted on 13 Oct 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker