Global Initiative

Strategy – People Smugglers Globally 2017

...For many nations, the irregular migration political debate has been deeply polarised by irreconcilable, value-laden ideological perspectives. On one side sit the humanists upholding human rights argum...

Posted on 26 Oct 2017

Global Initiative

World Drug Report 2017

...I am proud to say that this year we are marking 20 years of the World Drug Report. Over the past two decades, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been at the forefront of globa...

Posted on 20 Oct 2017

ENACT

Are West Africa’s gunsmiths making violence cheap?

...Locally manufactured weapons are inexpensive and increasingly used across West Africa. The trafficking and illicit circulation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) is often discussed in the context...

Posted on 18 Oct 2017

Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Compact on migration: Smuggling of Migrants

... 11 Oct 2017 -  Panel 1: Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery, including ...

Posted on 16 Oct 2017

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics

Lessons from organised crime task forces: Brazil and beyond

... by Robert Muggah, Igarapé Institute and SecDev Group Delivering an effective law enforcement and criminal justice response to organized crime is challenging for even the best resourced gov...

Posted on 16 Oct 2017

Protecting Politics, Resilience Fund

Online privacy for Journalists

Online privacy for Journalists

...Many veteran journalists, but not only these, surely noticed that we are all of a sudden bombarded again from all-over with mentions of Watergate. Books like George Orwell's 1984 are on display at boo...

Posted on 16 Oct 2017

Private Sector

The Trouble with Transparency: Increased identity fraud in Sweden’s digital age

...In July, Alf Göransson declared himself bankrupt. He was consequently automatically de-registered as the President and CEO of Securitas, a leading global cyber-security company. What Göransson pr...

Posted on 16 Oct 2017

Global Initiative

Illicit Trade: Fuelling Terror Financing and Organised Crime

...Recently, it has been observed that illicit trade became one of the favourite mechanism used by terrorist organisations to finance their operations. Especially because it represents a huge source of f...

Posted on 12 Oct 2017

Global Initiative

Organised crime in Africa – ENACT Regional Organised Crime Observatories: Foundation workshop

...03 Jul 2017 to 06 Jul 2017 from 08:00 to 17:00 Cape Town Click here to download the full conference report In July 2017, the ENACT consortium hosted a foundational expert group meeting...

Posted on 02 Oct 2017

Global Initiative

Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA)

...The 2017 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) reports how cybercrime continues to grow and evolve. While many aspects of cybercrime are firmly established, other areas of cybercrime have...

Posted on 28 Sep 2017