UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

UNTOC review mechanism

...After years of disagreements, the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime finally established a review mechanism to the convention during its meeting in Vi...

Posted on 02 Nov 2018

Author(s): Mark Shaw, Ugljesa (Ugi) Zvekic, Peter Gastrow, Julia Stanyard

Private Sector

Not above the law? The role of lawyers in combating money laundering and illicit asset flows.

Not above the law?

...Lawyers frequently find themselves caught between their obligations to governmental authorities and their fidelity to their clients. This becomes particularly problematic when, as intermediaries in bu...

Posted on 31 Oct 2018

Author(s): Charles Togarepi Goredema

Wildlife Watch

Abalone poaching

...An illicit supply chain connecting marginalized South African coastal communities with wealthy Chinese consumers has all but depleted South Africa’s stock of prized abalone. It is among the world...

Posted on 29 Oct 2018

Author(s): Kimon de Greef

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Kimon de Greef

... Kimon de Greef is a freelance journalist and researcher from South Africa. He has written for the New York Times, Guardian, Atlantic and National Geographic, with a particular focus on illicit tra...

Posted on 29 Oct 2018
06 Nov

Crime & Conflict, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics, Resilience Fund

Addressing group violence and community resilience: Geneva Peace Week 2018

... Group violence, in particular through forms of organised crime, presents a major challenge to building sustainable development and protecting communities. Armed and criminal groups serve to underm...

Posted on 25 Oct 2018
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Miguel Syjuco

Novelist, journalist, professor. New York University Abu Dhabi

...Miguel Syjuco, a contributing opinion writer for the International New York Times, is a novelist, journalist, and university professor from the Philippines. His acclaimed debut novel Ilustrado was a N...

Posted on 25 Oct 2018

Crime & Conflict, Crime & Terrorism, Wildlife Watch

Where crime compounds conflict

Where crime compounds conflict

...This report seeks to explain how the outbreak of violent conflict in northern Mozambique, driven by a group known locally as ‘Al Shabaab’, is linked to a large and dynamic illicit economy in the r...

Posted on 25 Oct 2018

Author(s): Simone Haysom

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John Stephen Morgan

Senior Director, Center for Forensic Sciences, RTI International

...Dr. Morgan is internationally recognized for his work in forensics, body armor, special operations technology, and predictive policing. He directs and develops forensic science research, training, and...

Posted on 24 Oct 2018
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Luc Dockendorf

Ambassador for Cybersecurity and Digitalisation, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

...Luc Dockendorf started working in international relations in 2003 and has been a career diplomat since 2006. In March 2025, he started as Luxembourg’s thematic Ambassador for Cybersecurity and Digit...

Posted on 24 Oct 2018

Private Sector, Sustainable Development Goals

Trade infrastructure and organized crime

...Trade infrastructure may enable the economic benefits of globalization, but at the same time it can also make countries more vulnerable to organized crime. Not all countries are equally susceptibl...

Posted on 24 Oct 2018

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

Global Initiative

Criminal Networks Involved in the Trafficking and Exploitation of Underage Victims in the European Union

...Child trafficking is one of the most heinous crimes and a crime against human rights as criminals profit from the abuse of the weakest social category of all – vulnerable children. Globally, approxi...

Posted on 18 Oct 2018
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Ella Cockbain

Lecturer, Department of Security and Crime Science, University College London (UCL)

...Dr Ella Cockbain is a lecturer at University College London (UCL) in the Department of Security and Crime Science. Her research focuses on serious and organised crime and its prevention, in particular...

Posted on 17 Oct 2018
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