Gold Watch, Private Sector

Transnational Crime and the Developing World

...Transnational crime is a business, and business is very good. Money is the primary motivation for these illegal activities. The revenues generated from the 11 crimes covered in this report—estimated...

Posted on 24 Mar 2017

Global Initiative

Event: UNU-CPR Briefing on the Crime-Conflict Nexus

...The Global Initiative was pleased to attend and present at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research's is invitation-only briefing on the results of a DFID funded project: “The Crime-...

Posted on 24 Mar 2017

Gold Watch, Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Follow the Money: Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

Follow the Money: Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

..."The GIFF Project partners – the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Levin Sources – are proud to release the culmination of many months of discussion and research: Follo...

Posted on 17 Mar 2017

Author(s): Marcena Hunter, Estelle Levin-Nally

NAS-Obs

The Human Conveyor Belt : trends in human trafficking and smuggling in post-revolution Libya

Trends in human trafficking and smuggling in post-revolution Libya

...The proliferation of human smuggling in Libya is both a criminal problem and a feature of Libya’s fracture into competing armed factions. Whilst most acutely perceived on Libya’s coast, it is in f...

Posted on 17 Mar 2017

Author(s): Mark Micallef

Gold Watch

Case Study: Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Sierra Leone

Financial Flows linked to Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Sierra Leone

... "The GIFF Project partners – the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Levin Sources – are proud to release the culmination of many months of discussion and r...

Posted on 11 Mar 2017

Author(s): Marcena Hunter, Estelle Levin-Nally

Development Dialogue

Event: Downstream Oil Theft: Global Trends, Modalities and Remedies

...  Downstream Oil Theft: Global Modalities, Trends and Remedies. 24th of March 2017 Fuel is vital to human life, and everyone wants a discount.  Across the globe, people are willing to break the...

Posted on 07 Mar 2017

Global Initiative

Event: High-Level Meeting of Experts on Illicit Trade

...From 1-3 March 2017, the Siracusa Institute held a high-level expert meeting to formally launch its research project on Illicit Trade and Related Crimes. This project was established to examine the co...

Posted on 06 Mar 2017

Global Initiative

Event: Forward thinking on transnational threats

...The International Institute for Security Studies (IISS) and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime welcomed to a discussion on transnational threats on 5th of April at IISS in Lon...

Posted on 03 Mar 2017

Crime & Conflict

Event: Discussion on the draft United Nations-World Bank Flagship Study on the Role of Develoment in the Prevention of Violent Conflict

...On Friday, 3rd of March, the Global Initiative participated in the Discussion on the draft United Nations-World Bank Flagship Study on the Role of Develoment in the Prevention of Violent Conflict, hos...

Posted on 03 Mar 2017

RESPECT

Employer-Migrant Worker Relationships in the Middle East: Exploring scope for internal labour market mobility and fair migration

...The unique aspects of sponsorship systems in the Middle East, commonly known as kafala, result in a delegation of responsibility by the State to the private employer to oversee both a migrant workerâ€...

Posted on 01 Mar 2017

Global Initiative

Measuring Illicit Arms Flows: Niger

...Overview This briefing paper examines the measurement of illicit arms flows in Niger in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 16. Under Target 16.4, the 2030 D...

Posted on 01 Mar 2017

Global Initiative

Event: Crisis Preparedness & Management in the network age

...Friday, 24th of February 2017, the Global Initiative met with Techfugees, CartONG and others at a conference and data capsule hosted by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Paris. The a...

Posted on 28 Feb 2017