Crime Terror Nexus, UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

New Security Council resolution recognizes broader links between terrorism and organized crime

... Is the UN Security Council widening its approach to dealing with the links between terrorism and organized crime, or merely synthesizing existing efforts?   On 19 July 2019, the UN Secur...

Posted on 26 Jul 2019

Author(s): Summer Walker, Tuesday Reitano

Resilience Fund

Ending the cycles of violence

Ending the cycles of violence

... Johannesburg’s western neighbourhoods of Westbury and Eldorado Park have long experienced serious problems derived from the presence of drug gangs and other forms of organized crime, resulting in a...

Posted on 25 Jul 2019

Author(s): Mark Shaw, Kim Thomas

SEE-Obs

Civil society key to monitoring anti-corruption efforts in Western Balkans

... Civil society plays a central role in monitoring and evaluating the Western Balkans governments’ progress on tackling organized crime and corruption. The non-governmental sector remains isolated...

Posted on 24 Jul 2019

APA-Obs, CSA-Obs

Sand mafias in India

Sand mafias in India

... India has seen a tripling of demand for sand from 2000 to 2017, creating a market worth 150 billion rupees, or just over two billion US dollars. The country has the third-largest construction indu...

Posted on 18 Jul 2019

Author(s): Prem Mahadevan