CovidCrimeWatch

‘Consent and persuasion’ – community policing in Delhi

... Worldwide, police forces have faced unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this interview, Dr Om Mishra shares insights from the responses of the Delhi Police. To gain a law-enf...

Posted on 03 Jun 2020

Author(s): Om Prakash Mishra

CovidCrimeWatch, Wildlife Watch, APA-Obs, ESA-Obs

COVID-19 reveals costly blind spots in efforts to combat wildlife crime

... The coronavirus outbreak shows that oversights in ground-level approaches to combating wildlife crime in southern Africa come at a great price. While the effects of the pandemic can be plotted onl...

Posted on 03 Jun 2020

Author(s): Jacqueline Cochrane

CovidCrimeWatch

Pandemic and punishment

... With the global pandemic, the world has prioritized health, and rightly so. But in the criminal-justice context, there are serious questions about how the state should prioritize the response. To ...

Posted on 03 Jun 2020

Author(s): Laura Adal

CovidCrimeWatch, RESPECT

Aggravating circumstances: How coronavirus impacts human trafficking

Aggravating circumstances:

... The coronavirus is not only claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, but is also causing a global economic crisis that is expected to rival or exceed that of any recession in the past 150 years. Alth...

Posted on 02 Jun 2020

Author(s): Livia Wagner, Thi Hoang

Drug Policy, NAS-Obs

A rising tide: Trends in production, trafficking and consumption of drugs in North Africa

A rising tide:

... This report offers a sizing and analysis of the developing trends around drugs in the Maghreb. It begins by detailing the production of narcotics in the Maghreb, including both cannabis and poppie...

Posted on 01 Jun 2020

Author(s): Matt Herbert, Max Gallien

Drug Policy, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

A Shallow Flood: The Diffusion of Heroin in Eastern and Southern Africa

A Shallow Flood:

... The flow of heroin from Asian production points to the coastal shores of eastern and southern Africa is not new. Whereas the first heroin transit routes in the region in the 1970s relied heavily o...

Posted on 28 May 2020

Author(s): Jason Eligh

CovidCrimeWatch, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°10

... By the end of this week, it will be five months since a cluster of cases of pneumonia were reported in Wuhan and a novel coronavirus was identified. While over 350 000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 ...

Posted on 27 May 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

CovidCrimeWatch

Has environmental crime changed during the COVID-19 crisis?

... As we see clean skies above formerly polluted cities, many environmentalists are celebrating the reduced impact on nature from the lowered consumption of fossil fuels and human activity. Most have no...

Posted on 27 May 2020

Author(s): Shirleen Chin, Angélica Yovana Murillo Vega

CovidCrimeWatch, UN-TOC Watch

Wildlife trafficking: Time for a radical rethink

... From calls for blanket bans in wildlife trade to the need for a new global agreement that focuses on wildlife crime, COVID-19 has shown the shortcomings of current efforts to curb the illicit wild...

Posted on 27 May 2020

Author(s): John M. Sellar OBE

CovidCrimeWatch, Wildlife Watch, APA-Obs

China’s wildlife trade policy: What has changed since COVID-19?

... Since the start of 2020, we have seen some important changes in China’s wildlife trade policy. Although some represent significant new restrictions on commercial wildlife trade, much trade in th...

Posted on 27 May 2020

Author(s): Aron White