UN-TOC Watch

Human trafficking in humanitarian crises

...There has been growing recognition of the heightened need to respond to human trafficking in contexts of humanitarian crisis. Although there have been some positive developments, actors need to take i...

Posted on 20 Jun 2018

Author(s): Sarah Elliott

Private Sector

Capturing proceeds of crime in illicit financial flows models

Measures that Miss the Mark

...Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are generally viewed as the financial side of criminal activity, and there is widespread agreement IFFs are a global threat. There is also agreement that IFFs, particula...

Posted on 19 Jun 2018

Author(s): Marcena Hunter

Crime & Conflict, Drug Policy, NAS-Obs

Niger’s narco-networks

...For the connection between illicit drug trafficking and Niger, look no further than the state. Flows of cocaine and cannabis resin in the Sahel and Sahara have attracted much international attention ...

Posted on 18 Jun 2018

Author(s): Peter Tinti

UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch

UN Policing faces a hydra in the fight against organized crime

...International policing must gear up to tackle the challenge of organized crime as a major transnational threat to peace and stability, otherwise the many-headed beast will continue to thrive. Duri...

Posted on 14 Jun 2018

Author(s): Stefan Feller

Global Initiative

Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants

...At least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled in 2016, according to the first Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Migrant smuggling oc...

Posted on 13 Jun 2018

Global Initiative

Sandcastles: Tracing Sanctions Evasion Through Dubai’s Luxury Real Estate Market

...In this report, the authors examine seven individuals and organizations, their associated corporate networks, and their real estate holdings. They identify 44 properties worth approximately $28.2 mill...

Posted on 12 Jun 2018

Crime Terror Nexus

Watching the French watchmen

...A new book by Global Initiative network member Alain Bauer sheds light on the French secret services ‘watchmen’ tasked with tackling the changing nature of terror on French soil. For the first ti...

Posted on 12 Jun 2018

UN-TOC Watch

Hard drive needed to fix computer crime

...The UN must engender greater consensus and collaboration if it wishes to respond effectively to the challenge of cybercrime.  One of the earliest references to criminals taking advantage of the vu...

Posted on 11 Jun 2018

Global Initiative

UN Security Council Brings out the Big Stick in Libya

...The UN’s sanctions this week against six kingpins involved in human smuggling and trafficking markets will send out a strong message to transnational criminal networks. On 7 June, the UN Security...

Posted on 08 Jun 2018

Author(s): Mark Micallef

MMFU

Targeting the online illegal wildlife trade through digital payment systems

Cut the Purse Strings

...There has been startling growth in the online illegal wildlife trade (IWT), and broad recognition of the need to apply financial and anti-money-laundering tools to the fight against environmental crim...

Posted on 07 Jun 2018

Author(s): Rupert Horsley

MMFU

Responding to the illicit wildlife trade online: what do we know?

Digitally Enhanced Responses

...This brief sets out to describe how our understanding of the problems posed by the online IWT, and our responses to it, have evolved. It measures the progress made in exposing the threat posed by the ...

Posted on 07 Jun 2018

Author(s): Simone Haysom