Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Respuestas al lavado de activos en Colombia

Respuestas al lavado de activos en Colombia

...eso de trabajo conjunto en el que, por medio de la transferencia técnica y la generación de capacidades, se ha ahondado en la comprensión y dimensionamiento de las economías ilícitas que afectan colombia con el objetivo de aumentar la efectividad en la lucha contra el lavado de activos. Como resultado de este proceso de diálogo e intercambio de conocimiento, se han sentado las bases para la constru...

Posted on 25 Aug 2023

Drug Policy, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, LAM-Obs

The Path to Cannabis Regulation in Colombia

...In 1994 colombia decriminalized the personal use and self-cultivation of several cannabis varieties, although production, distribution and commercialization remain penalized by law. In Colombia’s war on drugs, muc...

Posted on 19 Jun 2023

Author(s): María Alejandra Vélez

UN-TOC Watch

Colombia and Mexico lead key UNTOC CoP resolutions

..., it is vital that interested parties pay attention to what states agree through CoP resolutions on these topics, which can sometimes fly under the public radar. At this year’s UNTOC conference, colombia and Mexico led the way in tabling texts on trafficking in persons and firearms trafficking – unsurprisingly, as both countries are facing acute crises due to these illicit markets. Colombia focused...

Posted on 21 Dec 2022

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Colombia National Strike: When Social Demonstrations Fuels Criminal Interest

Colombia National Strike

...After more than a year of social unrest in colombia, the eruption of a national strike on 28 April 2021 has led to outbreaks of violence among demonstrators, police and criminal actors. This comes after decades of social, political and economic turmoi...

Posted on 23 Jul 2021

Author(s): Felipe Botero Escobar

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Event: Peace with the FARC – ushering in a new chapter in Colombia’s history of crime and violence?

... The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, supported by InSight Crime and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, hosted a seminar on Peace with the FARC - ushering in a new chapter in colombia's history of crime and violence? on Thursday, 01 September 2016, 14:00 – 16:00 in our Global Initiative Geneva headquarters. After more than five decades of conflict and three years of negotiatio...

Posted on 01 Sep 2016

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, RESPECT

Small-Scale Gold Mining in the Amazon. The Cases of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Suriname

... This publication is a result from the GOMIAM project, an ambitious research project building on the comparison of small-scale gold mining in five different Amazon countries: Bolivia, Brazil, colombia, Peru and Suriname. The project works on the development of an integrated social, political and technical approach of small-scale gold mining, with the aim to diminish social and environmental confli...

Posted on 05 Dec 2013

Crime & Conflict, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics

Narco‐belligerents Across the Globe: Lessons from Colombia for Afghanistan?

... for analogies to understand the conflict’s dynamics and devise counter‐measures. One of the analogies that analysts are turning to is the counter‐narcotics and counter‐insurgency campaign in colombia. Indeed, there are some striking similarities between the FARC and its relationship to the drug economy in Colombia and the Taliban and its relationship to the drug economy in Afghanistan. However, t...

Posted on 23 Oct 2009

Drug Policy, UN-TOC Watch

A clear breakthrough, but an uncertain future for drug policy at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

...ynthetic drugs.   Although consensus was reached, two statements were subsequently issued outlining starkly opposing approaches to drug policy from different sides of the camp. One, delivered by colombia and representing 62 countries, including most of Europe and the Americas, called for a review and reassessment of the international drug control system, and supported human rights. The other, deliver...

Posted on 09 Apr 2024

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Ana Paula Oliveira, Jason Eligh, John Collins, Mira Sztanojev

Sustainable Development Goals, UN - Security and Rights, UN Cyberwatch, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

UN General Assembly recognizes a day to focus on transnational organized crime

...15 November as the International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime. The initiative was led by a core group of UN member states, including Austria, colombia, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Peru and Saudi Arabia. Inspired by the upcoming 25th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC...

Posted on 28 Mar 2024

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

Assassination Witness, Global Organized Crime Index, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

The road to chaos in Ecuador

Organized crime declares war

...For years, Ecuador enjoyed a relative degree of peace, as its neighbours, colombia and Peru, were wrangling with internal conflicts as chief protagonists in the international supply of cocaine. However, things have changed dramatically in recent times. On 9 January 2024, the recent...

Posted on 02 Feb 2024

Author(s): Felipe Botero Escobar