Drug Policy, UN-TOC Watch

Thinking inside the box

...In a series of recent meetings, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs identified state challenges in tackling drug trafficking, but glossed over the broader issues shaping the global drug economy and how t...

Posted on 03 Nov 2021

Author(s): Ian Tennant

Drug Policy, ESACD

Drug policy and infectious disease transmission in Eastern and Southern Africa

Drug policy and infectious disease transmission in Eastern and Southern Africa

...This brief provides an overview of key issues relating to drug policy and the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)...

Posted on 01 Nov 2021

Author(s): Andrew Scheibe

Global Initiative

Environmental crime: The not-so-hidden obstacle to combat climate change

...The United Kingdom is currently hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. As heads of state convene to make new commitments to address the climate crisis and dra...

Posted on 31 Oct 2021

Author(s): Summer Walker

Extortion in Central America, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Search and Seizure: The potential of asset forfeiture for countering extortion in Central America

Search and Seizure: The potential of asset forfeiture for countering extortion in Central America

...Extortion has become an endemic problem in Central America. To provide a comprehensive response to this crime, the countries of the region have begun to make use of asset forfeiture, a tool that reduc...

Posted on 28 Oct 2021

Author(s): Dennis Cheng

JIED

Crime beyond borders: The Podcast

... Crime Beyond Borders is a podcast series that delves into the cutting-edge research found in the Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED). JIED is an open access, peer-reviewed, elec...

Posted on 27 Oct 2021

Author(s): John Collins

Assassination Witness, ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #21

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 21 Sep-Oct 2021 Summary highlights From Afghanistan to Cabo Delgado – political volatility along the ...

Posted on 26 Oct 2021

Drug Policy, ESACD

Removing barriers to palliative care medicine

Removing barriers to palliative care medicine

...In April 2021, the African Group of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the central drug policymaking body within the UN, expressed ‘grave concern about the access, availability and affordabi...

Posted on 23 Oct 2021

Author(s): Katherine Pettus

Resilience Fund

Resilience Fellowship 2022

...The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) is pleased to announce the third edition of the Resilience Fellowship, which for 2022 will have environmental crime as its theme. T...

Posted on 22 Oct 2021