APA-Obs

The Economics of Piracy in South East Asia

The Economics of Piracy in South East Asia

...In 2010, the UN published a report, "The Globalisation of Crime" which stated that "Until .. the recent and dramatic increase of piracy off the Coast of Somalia ... piracy was a phenomenon in decline ...

Posted on 21 May 2016

UN-TOC Watch

UNGASS 2016: The Focus on ‘Harm Reduction’ is Making Us Blind

UNGASS 2016: The Focus on 'Harm Reduction' is Making Us Blind

...Despite the overall positive trend of treating drug abuse as a health policy issue rather than a law enforcement one, a debate which is generally termed "harm reduction", Dr. Mark Shaw, the Director o...

Posted on 18 May 2016

Global Initiative

Links between Terrorism and Migration: An Exploration

...By Alex P. Schmid This Research Paper explores and questions some assumed causal links between terrorism on the one hand and (forced and irregular) migration on the other. The paper delves into the ...

Posted on 11 May 2016

Private Sector, RESPECT

Webinar Series 2015: Understanding Illicit Trade: Impact of Human Trafficking and Smuggling on the Private Sector

Understanding Illicit Trade: Impact of Human Trafficking and Smuggling on the Private Sector

...Around the globe, an estimated 20.9 million people are in situations of so-called modern day slavery, or forced labour, at any point of time. Many of these victims are trafficked within their country ...

Posted on 09 May 2016

Global Initiative

The Nexus? Organised crime and terrorism in Africa

The Nexus?

...Head of the Secretariat, Tuesday Reitano, was interviewed by José-Fernando Costa Pereira of the European External Action Service for their Newsletter of EU - African affairs (No 5, April 2016). 1...

Posted on 03 May 2016

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, RESPECT, AR-Obs

Labor and Human Rights Risk Analysis of Ecuador’s Palm Oil Sector

...Executive Summary Ecuador’s production of palm oil has grown dramatically in recent years, making it Latin America’s largest producer. This expansion has heightened labor and human rights risks...

Posted on 01 May 2016

Drug Policy, UN-TOC Watch

UNGASS 2016: The United Nations fumbles on Global Drug Policy

...A lacklustre United Nations summit on the world drug problem – known as UNGASS – limped to a close this week. There was a rush to get the outcome document signed off on the first day, presumably t...

Posted on 28 Apr 2016

Development Dialogue

Development Responses to Organised Crime: a planning and programming framework

Development Responses to Organised Crime

...With the approval of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, development actors are increasingly both recognising the need and being called upon to respond to the challenges of organised crime and its...

Posted on 25 Apr 2016

Private Sector, RESPECT

Webinar: How to mitigate the risk of child labour in the supply chain

...The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery present their webinar on: How to mitigate the risk of child labo...

Posted on 20 Apr 2016

Global Initiative

Illicit pesticides, organized crime and supply chain integrity

...The report, prepared by UNICRI and discussed by experts and practitioners during an Expert Workshop, aims at deepening the general knowledge on current trends related to illicit pesticides, identifyin...

Posted on 11 Apr 2016

Private Sector, RESPECT

Webinar: Illicit goods in the supply chain (minerals)

...The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery present their webinar on Illicit goods in the supply chain (Mine...

Posted on 11 Apr 2016