Global Initiative

The link between illicit tobacco trade and organised crime

...by Prof. Dr. Arndt Sinn Introduction: Organised crime as a global economic power Hand in hand with the globalisation of the economy, the liberalisation of trade markets as well as the opening...

Posted on 23 Mar 2018

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, RESPECT

Compendium of relevant reference materials and resources on ethical sourcing and prevention of trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation in supply chains

...The objective of the Compendium of Resources is to take stock of the existing legislation, policies, guidelines, recommendations, reports, studies, and other types of initiatives developed to better u...

Posted on 22 Mar 2018

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Patrones territoriales y factores sociodemográficos asociados a los homicidios y el narcotráfico en Costa Rica (Informe Final)

...Leonardo Sánchez Hernández Introducción En los últimos años el país ha experimentado un aumento en el número de homicidios dolosos, en el 2017 la cifra fue de 603 casos lo que se tradujo en u...

Posted on 21 Mar 2018

Crime & Conflict

LSE Events | Militarisation and the “War on Crime”

...Recorded on 07 November 2017 From the 70 year old “War on Drugs”, to the more recent “War on Human Smuggling”, politicians use militarised responses to look decisive on crime. The deploymen...

Posted on 20 Mar 2018

Crime Terror Nexus, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Adopted 18 years ago, why has the UNTOC still not achieved its aim?

...The world is changing and so is transnational organized crime. Yet the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) remains stuck in its original mould, struggling to be relevant. Why d...

Posted on 20 Mar 2018

Author(s): Peter Gastrow

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, AR-Obs

Social Inclusion from Below: The Perspectives of Street Gangs and Their Possible Effects on Declining Homicide Rates in Ecuador

...Authors: David C. Brotherton & Rafael Gude Since 2007, the Ecuadorian approach to crime control has emphasized efforts to reach higher levels of social control based on policies of social incl...

Posted on 16 Mar 2018

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Atlas de la Violencia en América Latina

...Manuel Alcántara Sáez Villagonzalo de Tormes Prólogo El control de la violencia legítima es la razón de ser del Estado. Como bien se conoce, se debe a Max Weber la formulación de ese axiom...

Posted on 15 Mar 2018

Drug Policy, UN-TOC Watch

The drug legalization debate: The case for an enforcement approach

...From a personal perspective, both as a veteran law-enforcement officer and someone raised in an inner-city area that experienced its fair share of drug problems, I have seen first-hand the destructive...

Posted on 15 Mar 2018

Author(s): James Soiles

Drug Policy, UN-TOC Watch

Interview with Ruth Dreifuss on the decriminalization of drugs.

...How would you assess the current state of the debate around decriminalization of drugs? There have certainly been positive developments since the Global Commission issued its report on the failed �...

Posted on 15 Mar 2018

Author(s): Ruth Dreifuss, Julia Stanyard