Global Initiative

Annual report 2018

Annual report 2018

... At the start of 2018, we marked the beginning of our fifth year of operation with the development of a new strategy for the organization. This in itself was a marker in our growth and planned traject...

Posted on 19 Jan 2019

Global Initiative

The challenges of measuring Organized Crime in Africa

...Mark Shaw talks about data collection and measurement of Organized Crime in Africa, focusing on its great fragmentation. This presentation contributes to raise awareness on the new understanding of th...

Posted on 17 Jan 2019

Resilience Fund

Launching new Norwegian-funded civil-society resilience fund against organized crime

...Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Oslo / Vienna / Geneva 15 January 2019   Global Initiative Against Transnational Org...

Posted on 15 Jan 2019

JIED

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development Vol.1 – Issue 1

JIED Vol 1 - Issue 1

... --- John Collins is the Editor-in-Chief of JIED...

Posted on 14 Jan 2019

Author(s): John Collins

UN-TOC Watch

Global conversation on AI in policing

...AI technology as a tool in enhanced law-enforcement practices needs to be controlled through a regulated ethical framework of deployment, so that use of cyber technology in policing does not infringe ...

Posted on 10 Jan 2019

Author(s): Summer Walker

JIED

JIED – Journal of Illicit Economies and Development

...The Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) is an open access Journal for evidence-driven research and policy commentary. It is an initiative of the LSE International Drug Policy Unit, in ...

Posted on 10 Jan 2019

Global Initiative

Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018

...The 2018 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the fourth of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons...

Posted on 07 Jan 2019

Global Initiative

What’s happening below deck?

...Fishing vessels are increasingly being used as instruments in transnational organized-crime activities. As is the case with legal global trade, a significant amount of illicit trade relies on modes of...

Posted on 07 Jan 2019

Author(s): Johan Bergenas

ENACT, Wildlife Watch

China ban on ivory significant to environmental conservation

...Written by Joyce Kimani, a journalist sponsored under the ENACT programme partnership with Thomson Reuters. China’s ban on the ivory trade has given new hope to environmentalists campaigning agai...

Posted on 29 Dec 2018