UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Hostage negotiations at the 32nd CCPCJ

...s, saw acrimonious scenes in the context of the Ukraine war, while the UNTOC Conference of Parties in 2022 was divisive on civil society access. The ongoing process at the UN to negotiate a treaty on cybercrime has similarly been dominated by geopolitical polarization. In this context, it was not surprising that this year’s session of the CCPCJ would be similarly fraught, especially when one of th...

Posted on 08 Jun 2023

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Wood for the trees

...common ground on some technical matters, there remains a lack of collective purpose regarding the overall aim of the treaty: are states discussing a treaty on the misuse of ICT for criminal purposes; cybercrime; government control of ICT? The absence of a clear vision can be seen in an ever-widening scope for cooperation as the text evolves. This, coupled with a lack of coherence across positions, coul...

Posted on 02 Feb 2023

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

UN-TOC Watch

New Year’s resolutions for the UNODC

...ized the need for such engagement with civil society to implement the UNODC’s mandates. There are a number of opportunities for civil society engagement on the agenda in 2023 – in particular, the cybercrime treaty negotiations, the next round of constructive dialogues for the implementation of the UNTOC, the annual CND and CCPCJ meetings and the UNCAC Conference of States Parties. Member states and...

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

...ting criminal groups to adapt, leading to new modes and patterns of extortion. These new methods not only demonstrate criminal innovation, but also link to other 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 innovation...

Posted on 22 Dec 2022

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

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Putting pen to paper

...In November, the UN’s Ad Hoc Committee released its first consolidated negotiating draft for a ‘cybercrime treaty’, to be discussed at the committee’s fourth session in Vienna in January 2023. Now that there is a draft, the real negotiations begin. But there is still a long way to go before the e...

Posted on 15 Dec 2022

Author(s): Summer Walker

Global Organized Crime Index

Red cards for Qatar

...ed more than 100 000 counterfeit football jerseys worth approximately US$6.3 million intended for export around the world. But there is a much larger threat looming around the football tournament: cybercrime. While online criminal activities are ever present, large events that require massive amounts of logistical planning like the World Cup are particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks. For example, ...

Posted on 01 Dec 2022

Author(s): Laura Adal, Sarah Fares

UN-TOC Watch

The role of Africa and civil society at UNTOC CoP

... UNTOC, and mentioned ways in which the international legal framework has been implemented in domestic laws. They also used the general discussion to draw attention to how TOC has evolved, addressing cybercrime, wildlife crime, terrorism, migrant smuggling and money laundering. The African group statement raised trafficking in cultural property as an additional issue of concern. Many African countries ...

Posted on 16 Nov 2022

Author(s): Cheick Imad Coulibaly