Global Initiative

Network Steering Committee Meeting – 29-30 April 2013

...The Steering Committee of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime met in Vienna on 29-30 April 2013.  This was the third meeting of the Steering Committee, and the first since fu...

Posted on 28 May 2013

Drug Policy

The Negative Impact of the War on Drugs on Public Health: the hidden hepatitis C epidemic

...Hepatitis C is a highly prevalent chronic viral infection which poses major public health, economic and social crises, particularly in low and middle income countries. The global hepatitis C epidemic ...

Posted on 20 May 2013

Gold Watch, Private Sector

Measuring OECD Responses to Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries

...The issue of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFS) is at the forefront of the international agenda. Governments worldwide are joining forces to combat money laundering, tax evasion and international bribery,...

Posted on 17 Apr 2013

Global Initiative

Building Police Institutions in Fragile States – Case Studies from Africa

...by Richard Downie The police are one of the most critical institutions of the state. This is particularly true in nations emerging from conflict, which are characterized by insecurity and high levels...

Posted on 18 Jan 2013

Global Initiative

Business, Corruption and Crime in the Western Balkans: The impact of bribery and other crime on private enterprise

...This study offers a comprehensive assessment of corruption as experienced by businesses in the western Balkans, based on interviews with more than 12,700 companies. If not countered by strong preventi...

Posted on 01 Jan 2013

Global Initiative

European funds and their use by organised crime

...The funds which are covered by the financial interests of the European Union account for approximately 145 bn. euro per year of the EU budget. They are exposed to multiple risks of fraud, corruption a...

Posted on 29 Dec 2012

Global Initiative

Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway

...Cannabis use is relatively common in the European Union (EU) and Norway, with around 23 million people (6.8 % of all 15- to 64-year-olds) having used the drug in the past year and about 12 million (3...

Posted on 20 Dec 2012

Global Initiative

Drug Policy Profiles

...The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is publishing this series of profiles with the aim of describing some of the main characteristics of national drug policies in Euro...

Posted on 20 Dec 2012

Global Initiative

A definition of ‘drug mules’ for use in a European context

...Drug trafficking is no longer considered solely a social ill or a domestic issue, but is now presented as a matter of European security (1). In the European Union (EU) vast amounts of resources are sp...

Posted on 20 Dec 2012

Global Initiative

World Drug Report 2012

...About 230 million people, or 5 per cent of the world’s adult population, are estimated to have used an illicit drug at least once in 2010. Problem drug users number about 27 million, which is 0.6 pe...

Posted on 20 Dec 2012

Global Initiative

Fighting Cybercrime and Protecting Privacy in the Cloud

...This study addresses the challenges raised by the growing reliance on cloud computing. It starts by investigating the issues at stake and explores how the EU is addressing the identified concerns. The...

Posted on 18 Dec 2012

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Private Sector, Protecting Politics

Constructive Powers: the defining elements of transnational organized crime

...Mark Shaw, Director, talks about Constructive Powers, the defining elements of transnational organized crime and how the role of private institutions differs from that of the government. Photo by B...

Posted on 18 Dec 2012
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