Gold Watch

Curbing Illicit Financial Flows: The Post-2015 Agenda and International Human Rights Law

...Corruption, which was identified as a cross-cutting theme in our Institute’s program of work for 2013, is not only a problem in its own right but also part of the “larger” issue of illicit finan...

Posted on 14 Feb 2014

Wildlife Watch

Policing the Trafficking of Wildlife

Policing the Trafficking of Wildlife

...The “tipping point” on wildlife crime is fast approaching: the extinction of key species and irreparable damage to the environment are both imminent possibilities in the near future.  Growing dem...

Posted on 11 Feb 2014

Development Dialogue

Event: Beginning a dialogue on development approaches to organized crime

...The issue of organized crime and illicit trafficking is increasingly of concern for development agencies at two levels; one relates to organized crime as contextual issue and how it affects and underm...

Posted on 28 Jan 2014

Crime & Conflict, Development Dialogue, Protecting Politics, Wildlife Watch

Analyzing Organized Crime – What to Watch in 2014

Analyzing Organized Crime - What to Watch in 2014

...Instead of the usual monthly brief, this January the Global Initiative are presenting our "What to Watch in 2014" hotlist of the top ten issues that are going to be important in the year to come. ...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Crime & Conflict, Development Dialogue

Illicit Trafficking and Instability in Mali: Past, present and future

Illicit Trafficking and Instability in Mali: Past, present and future

...The Global Initiative is pleased to release this first research report "Illicit Trafficking and Instability in Mali: Past, present and future", which is an in-depth review of how illicit trafficking h...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics, Resilience Fund

Behind Bars and Controlling the Barrio

...Abajo la versión en español The end of December saw the streets of São Luís, Brazil turned into a war zone. Buses were burned, police stations fired upon, and three prisoners were decapitated. Th...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Global Initiative

Swashbuckling in Southeast Asia

...Abajo la versión en español The pirates attacked in the early hours January 16th, roaring up on a cargo ship anchored off of Jakarta, Indonesia. The four men boarded the vessel, brandishing knives ...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Resilience Fund

Vigilante Justice: Militias, and Michoacán

...Abajo la versión en español The line between drug war and civil war in Mexico is becoming increasingly tenuous. For the last six years, the violence has pitted heavily armed drug trafficking gangs ...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Wildlife Watch

Wildlife trafficking sanctions: The first heavy rounds in a longer war?

...Abajo la versión en español The response to wildlife trafficking has long been lamented as uncoordinated, un-strategic and falling between the cracks of different national agencies. The global fram...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Development Dialogue, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics

Crime and Punishment: the death penalty for drug offenses?

...Abajo la versión en español Frustrated with the insider trading and violent behaviors similar to those described in Brazil, a senator from the Philippines has been actively campaigning for his coun...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Crime & Conflict, Development Dialogue, Protecting Politics, Wildlife Watch

Analyzing Organized Crime – February 2014

Analyzing Organized Crime - February 2014

...[Analyzing Organized Crime brief covering key events in January, explores what makes an appropriate and effective punishment for those who commit organized criminal acts? Escalating levels of viole...

Posted on 27 Jan 2014

Private Sector

Maritime Marauding

...For international mariners, 2014 began on an optimistic note. Pirate attacks were at their lowest level in seven years, driven in large part by a steep drop in Somali piracy.  However, there is reaso...

Posted on 06 Jan 2014