Global Initiative

Annual report 2021

...One of the overarching targets of the GI-TOC’s 2021 to 2023 strategy is to become a global network in action, so that the organization is in a strong position to comprehensively monitor and firmly c...

Posted on 31 Dec 2021

Crime Terror Nexus, Resilience Fund

Taliban faction in Pakistan spreads terror through extortion

...Militants from a Pakistani insurgent group with ties to the Taliban are forcing victims to pay exorbitant fees or risk facing mortal consequences. In light of the current developments in Afghanistan, ...

Posted on 28 Dec 2021

Author(s): Zia-ur-Rehman

IUU Fishing Index

IUU Fishing index 2021

IUU Fishing index 2021

...The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and Poseidon – Aquatic Resource Management Ltd. are pleased to announce the launch of the 2021 IUU Fishing Index update, a tool designed t...

Posted on 23 Dec 2021

UN-TOC Watch

Civil society continue to face barriers in the fight against organized crime and corruption

...A number of December 2021 summits and conferences have produced glimmers of hope for the global struggle against transnational organized crime and corruption, seen in announcements and strategies comi...

Posted on 23 Dec 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

UN Cyberwatch, UN-TOC Watch

Control, alt, or delete? The UN cybercrime debate enters a new phase

Control, alt, or delete?

...A potentially significant shift in the UN response to cybercrime is underway. Since the adoption of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) in 2000, and the subsequent adoption...

Posted on 22 Dec 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker, Ian Tennant

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #22

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa Issue 22 December 2021 Summary highlights Death and forced labour at sea as Chinese fishing trawlers pillage ...

Posted on 22 Dec 2021

SEE-Obs

South Eastern Europe Risk Bulletin #11

Observatory of illicit economies in South Eastern Europe

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF mk Македонски sq Shqip sr Srpski Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe Issue 11 December 2021 Expand allSummary highlights Links between politic...

Posted on 21 Dec 2021

CovidCrimeWatch, UN-TOC Watch

COVID-19 an accelerator of human trafficking – UN

...On 22–23 November 2021, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting to appraise the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The impacts of the pandemic took cent...

Posted on 09 Dec 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker