UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

Turning down the heat: A low-key CCPCJ follows the high drama of the CND

...The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) held its 33rd session from 13 to 17 May. This came in the wake of a highly significant vote on harm reduction at the 67th UN Commissi...

Posted on 05 Jun 2024

Author(s): Ian Tennant, Darren Brookbanks, Nadia Schwartz Rivero, Misha Khamseh, Laura Bakonszegi

Global Organized Crime Index

Measuring organized crime

Measuring organized crime

...The mandate of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime is to build a better evidence base with a view to improving responses to transnational organized crime. From years of work, w...

Posted on 03 Jun 2024

Author(s): Mark Shaw, Nina Kaysser, Fiona M Underwood, Graeme Macfadyen, Anna Sergi, Stefano Betti, Shirleen Chin, Kristina Amerhauser, Michael McLaggan, Marcena Hunter, Ruggero Scaturro, Jason Eligh, Steven Broad

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, CAM-Obs

Elecciones letales en México

...Sinaloa braces for more violence ahead of elections in Mexico Mexico is preparing for the largest general election in its history, with 97 million people expected to vote on 2 June 2024. Althou...

Posted on 31 May 2024

Author(s): Luis Félix

Global Organized Crime Index

State-embedded criminality places the criminal justice treaty framework under strain

...The body of criminal justice treaties dealing with organized crime, of which the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is the central pillar, has been built on the as...

Posted on 27 May 2024

Author(s): Stefano Betti

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, HT-Obs

Delays and new court challenge threaten Kenya’s police deployment in Haiti

...As a contingent of Kenyan police officers were due to arrive in Haiti as part of a multinational police force, delays and a pending court case, which seeks to interdict their deployment, may derail th...

Posted on 24 May 2024

Author(s): Ken Opala

Global Organized Crime Index, UN - Security and Rights

Countering the arms race in Somalia

...After more than 30 years, in 2023 the UN arms embargo on the government of Somalia was fully lifted. However, questions have been raised about the risks associated with this decision, with many fearin...

Posted on 23 May 2024

Author(s): Chiara Gentili

Drug Policy, EUR-Obs

Challenge accepted? Germany steps up against organized crime

...In the early hours of 25 April 2024, employees of a well-known supermarket chain in southern Berlin made a startling discovery: while unpacking a delivery of bananas, they came across several packages...

Posted on 22 May 2024

Author(s): Daniel Brombacher