UN Cyberwatch

UN cybercrime treaty faces uncertain future under Trump

...The United Nations is on the verge of formally adopting a controversial new cybercrime convention that contains significant human rights risks. Its chances of success will depend on how strictly state...

Posted on 27 Nov 2024

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Global Organized Crime Index, APA-Obs

How the Cook Islands is responding to transnational organized crime

...The Global Organized Crime Index (henceforth, ‘the Index’), which tracks criminality and resilience trends, underscores the importance of regional and national resilience to organized criminal act...

Posted on 26 Nov 2024

Author(s): Dr. Henrietta McNeill

HT-Obs

Haiti, caught between political paralysis and escalating violence

...The latest storm makes groundfall in Haiti Haiti once again is being battered by a storm of violence. After a lull between May and September 2024, gang-related attacks have broken out again since Oct...

Posted on 25 Nov 2024

Author(s): Romain Le-Cour-Grandmaison

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Programa Somos Comunidad, AR-Obs

Participación ciudadana para la prevención, la convivencia y la seguridad ciudadana

Participación ciudadana para la prevención, la convivencia y la seguridad ciudadana

...Somos Comunidad es una actividad innovadora que busca potenciar la resiliencia comunitaria y contribuir a la seguridad humana en los territorios en los que se implementa. Esta actividad, que inició s...

Posted on 20 Nov 2024

Author(s): Lina María Asprilla Ríos, Lucas Uribe, Sara Uribe

SEE-Obs

Dirty money: Assessing the vulnerability of financial institutions in the Balkans to illicit finance

Dirty money

...Despite efforts to prevent illicit finance – such as the adoption of international frameworks, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards and the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) directives – ...

Posted on 18 Nov 2024

Author(s): Dardan Kocani