UN Cyberwatch

UN treaty on criminal use of ICTs: Delegates conclude initial positions

... was strong support for the ongoing role of civil society, the private sector and other stakeholders during future implementation and review of the treaty, including from the US, Nigeria, Uruguay and Mexico. Advocates recommended that implementation modalities support outside participation. A number of states argued that the AHC’s rules should set a precedent for the rules governing implementation, wh...

Posted on 29 Sep 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker

UN-TOC Watch

New resources for civil society to engage with the UNTOC review mechanism

New resources for civil society to engage with the UNTOC review mechanism

...ith civil society during the reviews. The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) assisted Switzerland to consult with civil society in its self-assessment. The government of Mexico has undertaken a consultation meeting with civil society, supported by the UNODC's ‘Stakeholder engagement 4 U’ programme, of which the GI-TOC is an implementing partner. The Centre for Governanc...

Posted on 06 Sep 2022

Author(s): Darren Brookbanks, Ana Paula Oliveira

Assassination Witness

The Ripple Effect

... In August 2022, journalist Fredid Román was shot dead in Chilpancingo, the capital of Mexico’s Guerrero state. Román was the owner and editor of the news outlet La Realidad en Guerrero, which reported on his state’s political landscape, where drug trafficking networks, vigilante groups ...

Posted on 22 Aug 2022

Author(s): Ana Paula Oliveira, Jack Meegan-Vickers

Crime & Conflict, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Programa Somos Comunidad, Resilience Fund, AR-Obs

Prevención del crimen y la violencia

Prevención del crimen y la violencia

Posted on 18 Aug 2022

Author(s): Guillermo Vazquez del Mercado Almada, Mariana Botero Restrepo, Felipe Botero Escobar, Mariana Mora Gomez

Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Out of sight, out of mind: Latin America’s struggle to tackle human trafficking

...ergence of technologies that help criminals stay largely undetected. However, it is in Latin America, one of the most unequal regions in the world, where the situation is particularly daunting. In Mexico in particular, the number of victims of human trafficking has risen sharply in recent years, with a spike in 2020. One report has documented the rise, citing information from Mexico’s Executive Sec...

Posted on 28 Jul 2022

Author(s): Josefina Salomón

Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

El Camino

...of the violence perpetrated by local and transnational human-trafficking networks with the support of state-embedded actors. Migratory flows from Central America break records every year. In 2020, Mexico detained more than 228 000 migrants coming from the region, while the US did the same with 1.7 million undocumented migrants attempting to cross its southern border. Currently, thousands of migrants ...

Posted on 13 Jul 2022

#GIDisappearances, Assassination Witness, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Resilience Fund, CAM-Obs

Los frutos de la resiliencia

...The fruits of resilience New law on the protection of journalists approved in Sinaloa On 15 May 2017, the murder of Javier Valdez shocked Mexico. Part of a wave of violence against journalists, the killing triggered a social movement for the protection of journalists in the country, underscoring how civil society is key to combat organized cr...

Posted on 21 Jun 2022

Author(s): Adrián Ancira Ortega