Gold Watch

Where the Flow Goes: Defining illicit financial flows and what’s missing from the data

...A definition of illicit financial flows, what’s missing from the data – and the role of the GIFF Project across the entire supply chain Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are an obstacle to achievi...

Posted on 21 Sep 2016

Global Initiative

Policy Brief: The Role of Smugglers in Large-Scale Migration

Policy Brief: The Role of Smugglers in Large-Scale Migration

...On September 19th, 2016, the UN General Assembly convenes for its first High Level Meeting on Large Movements of Refugee and Migrants (HLM).  As states grapple with devising a new global compact for ...

Posted on 19 Sep 2016

Global Initiative

Building Regional Border Security Cooperation: Lessons from the Maghreb

... By James Cohen, Leanne McKay and Joyce A. Kasee The Maghreb countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia face threats to their borders from transnational illicit networks, such as terrorist groups an...

Posted on 19 Sep 2016

Wildlife Watch

A Game of Horns: Transnational flows of rhino horn

...A multi-sectoral regime of protection including international treaties, conservation and security measures, demand reduction campaigns and quasi-military interventions has been established to protect ...

Posted on 17 Sep 2016

Protecting Politics

Protecting Politics: Deterring the Influence of Organized Crime on Local Democracy

Protecting Politics: Deterring the Influence of Organized Crime on Local Democracy

... The Global Initiative jointly with the International Institute for the Democracy and Electoral Assistance (the International IDEA) published two reports, titled "Protecting Politics: Deterring the...

Posted on 13 Sep 2016

Author(s): Tuesday Reitano, Marcena Hunter

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Event “Protecting Politics: Deterring the Influence of Organized Crime”

... The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, together with International IDEA, launched two joint research reports in a series on "Protecting Politics: Deterring the Influence of Org...

Posted on 13 Sep 2016

UN-TOC Watch, Wildlife Watch

Untouchable? Criminal networks, traffickers and the trade in rhino horn

... Six thousand rhinos have fallen to poachers’ bullets in Africa over the past decade and only about 25,000 remain – a fraction of the tens of thousands that roamed parts of the continent fifty ...

Posted on 06 Sep 2016

Global Initiative

Event: Geneva Peace Week “Building Peace and Managing Borders in the Sahel Maghreb”

...The Global Initiative hosted the Geneva Peace Week event on "Building Peace and Managing Borders in the Sahel Maghreb" on the Friday, 11 November 2016 in our headquarters. Questions of stability and ...

Posted on 06 Sep 2016

Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Event: Peace with the FARC – ushering in a new chapter in Colombia’s history of crime and violence?

...               The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, supported by InSight Crime and the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, hosted a seminar on Peace with the FARC - usheri...

Posted on 01 Sep 2016

Global Initiative

Migration in focus: adding African voices

...With the surge in migration to Europe, public debate has focused on how Europe perceives migration and what it will do to stem the flow. However, reliable information about the mass movement of migran...

Posted on 28 Aug 2016

Wildlife Watch

Demand reduction: lessons learned in changing consumer behaviour

Demand reduction: lessons learned in changing consumer behaviour

...Almost any long-term and sustainable solution to responding to illicit trafficking will require reducing demand for the contraband product.  The most advanced thinking around demand reduction comes i...

Posted on 26 Aug 2016

Gold Watch

Blog: Hands on the Elephant

...This blog is part of the series Follow The Money: How to Formalise the Gold Sector. In May 2016, The GIFF Project hosted an International Symposium at the OECD-ICGLR-UN GoE Forum on Responsible Minera...

Posted on 22 Aug 2016