Global Initiative

World Migration Report 2018

...This report is the ninth in the World Migration Report series. Since 2000, IOM has been producing world migration reports to contribute to increased understanding of migration throughout the world. In...

Posted on 03 Dec 2017

Global Initiative

What drives post-war crime? Evidence from illicit economies in Liberia and Sierra Leone

... Abstract Crime is a reality of life around the world, but its characteristics and impact differ tremendously across states and societies. There are different reasons to believe that crime i...

Posted on 30 Nov 2017

Development Dialogue, Gold Watch, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, AR-Obs

Case Study: Illegal Gold Mining in Peru

Illegal Gold Mining in Peru

... This case study presents the key findings of research conducted between June and August 2016 into the impacts of illicit gold mining in the Madre de Dios region in Peru, focussing on how com...

Posted on 21 Nov 2017

Author(s): Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo, Nils Krauer

Global Initiative

Mapping Global Transformations – Illicit Economies

Mapping Global Transformations

... What exactly are the Transformation Maps? Transformation Maps are the World Economic Forum’s dynamic knowledge tool. They help users to explore and make sense of the complex and interli...

Posted on 20 Nov 2017

ENACT, Gold Watch, Private Sector

Pain, No Gain: Africa’s Relationship with International Tax Havens

...With the release of the Paradise Papers, the world’s attention has been turned to the role of tax havens in facilitating tax avoidance, tax evasion, and illicit financial flows (IFFs) more broadly. ...

Posted on 20 Nov 2017

Author(s): Marcena Hunter

Gold Watch

Tracing Golden Threads: Illicit Financial Flows from Gold in Mongolia and the Philippines

Illicit Financial Flows from Gold: Mongolia and The Philippines

...Starting in 2015, the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (Global Initiative) has consistently undertaken work examining the relationship between the artisanal and small-scale gold...

Posted on 20 Nov 2017

RESPECT

Counting the countless: modern slavery estimations in 2017

...Human trafficking, or it’s rebranded moniker ‘modern slavery’, has transitioned from the crime that “shames us all”, to its 2017 slogan as a crime that “unites us all”. It has been descr...

Posted on 20 Nov 2017