Wildlife Watch

Why it’s so hard to fight fisheries crime

...Photo: Fishermen rescued from a boat on which they were trafficked to work (Pring Samrang/Reuters) A court in São Tomé and Príncipe, a small oceanic island off the African west coast, recently...

Posted on 09 Nov 2015

Global Initiative

The Smugglers of Lesvos

...Dinghies seized from Smugglers by the Turkish Coastguard (Credit: S Farrell) Abajo la versión en español First it was Lampedusa. The Italian island off the coast of Sicily where last year repor...

Posted on 05 Nov 2015

Global Initiative

Roundtable: The Militarisation of Piracy

... A Joint RUSI – Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime Roundtable Thursday 12 November 2015, 14:00-17:00 Writing Room, RUSI, 61 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET The naval response ...

Posted on 04 Nov 2015

RESPECT

Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for Labor Exploitation and Forced Criminality

...Trafficking in human beings (THB) is a worldwide phenomenon with devastating consequences for its victims. Although there are many different types of THB, one that has long been overlooked is THB for ...

Posted on 03 Nov 2015

Crime & Conflict

Atlantic Currents and their Illicit Undertow: Fragile States and Transnational Security Implications

Fragile States and Transnational Security Implications

...In the second edition of Atlantic Currents, a publication by the George Marshall Fund (GMF), builds on the previous one in seeking to develop a deeper understanding of the history and trends that sh...

Posted on 28 Oct 2015

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics

Disappeared: Justice Denied in Mexico’s Guerrero State

...Executive Summary Horrific, unpunished human rights violations have blurred the lines between politics, government and crime in Mexico’s south-western Guerrero state. Drug gangs not only control th...

Posted on 23 Oct 2015

Global Initiative

Money in Politics: how to stop illicit money to parties and candidates

...In early September 2015 the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico (TEPJF) in collaboration w...

Posted on 20 Oct 2015

Development Dialogue, Sustainable Development Goals

ASD2030: Addressing Organized Crime as a Development Issue

...Abajo la versión en español. The approval of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (ASD2030) is a decisive moment for policy developments in the area of combatting transnational organised c...

Posted on 19 Oct 2015

Crime & Conflict

Niger’s booming migrant smuggling economy emboldens trafficking groups in the Sahel

...The extraordinary opportunity to permeate ‘fortress Europe’ thanks to the chaos in Libya is proving a strong siren song for West Africans. Their route to the North African coast requires traversin...

Posted on 10 Oct 2015

Global Initiative

EVENT: TechFugees – Mapping smuggling networks for better responses

...On 1-2 October 2015, a group of technology-sector professionals convened the Techfugees conference in London, dedicated to searching for ways in which the tech sector can help solve the crisis of migr...

Posted on 06 Oct 2015

Crime & Conflict, Development Dialogue, ENACT, Protecting Politics, WEA-Obs

Does Organized Crime Exist in Africa?

Does Organized Crime Exist in Africa?

...The recent article in African Affairs, "Does Organized Crime Exist in Africa" by the late Stephen Ellis, and Global Initiative Director, Mark Shaw, observes that there is increasing international conc...

Posted on 01 Oct 2015

Wildlife Watch

Roundtable: The Militarisation of Poaching

... A Joint RUSI – Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime Roundtable Monday 12 October 2015, 14:00-17:00 Writing Room, RUSI, 61 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET As violent criminal net...

Posted on 30 Sep 2015