Development Dialogue

The paradox of plenty: mineral trafficking, conflict and crime

...Natural resources and their illicit exploitation have been at the root of many of the world most protracted and painful conflicts.  The formidable wealth offered by exploration and exploitation right...

Posted on 06 Jul 2013

Private Sector, TOCLaw

INTERPOL Guide to Carbon Trading Crime

...Over recent decades there has been a growing scientific consensus that average global temperatures are rising as a result of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by hu...

Posted on 18 Jun 2013

Crime & Conflict, Wildlife Watch

Kony’s Ivory: How Elephant Poaching in Congo Helps Support the Lord’s Resistance Army

...The Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, is now using elephant poaching as a means to sustain itself. LRA leader Joseph Kony—wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against...

Posted on 17 Jun 2013

Wildlife Watch

Blood ivory and the Obama Initiative

...The release of IFAW’s latest report “Criminal Nature: The Global Security Implications of Illegal Wildlife Trade 2013” was well timed with Obama’s $10 million investment in the fight against w...

Posted on 06 Jun 2013

Global Initiative

The new Somalia? Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea

...Over the last year, maritime piracy has surged in the waters off of West Africa. In the first quarter of 2013, 67 incidents were recorded, versus 34 in the first quarter of 2012. The model of piracy i...

Posted on 06 Jun 2013

Global Initiative

World Drug Report: key trends

...On June 26th, the UNODC issued its annual World Drug Report. The report highlighted a global drug market in flux, with new trends and markets emerging.  While the overall prevalence rates for illicit...

Posted on 06 Jun 2013

Private Sector

Exploring the Role of Civil Society Think Tanks in Countering Illicit Trade

...The newly established Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime hosted a discussion with a variety of civil society, think tank and academic organisations as an initial effort to bring ...

Posted on 28 May 2013

Global Initiative

Network Steering Committee Meeting – 29-30 April 2013

...The Steering Committee of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime met in Vienna on 29-30 April 2013.  This was the third meeting of the Steering Committee, and the first since fu...

Posted on 28 May 2013

Drug Policy

The Negative Impact of the War on Drugs on Public Health: the hidden hepatitis C epidemic

...Hepatitis C is a highly prevalent chronic viral infection which poses major public health, economic and social crises, particularly in low and middle income countries. The global hepatitis C epidemic ...

Posted on 20 May 2013

Gold Watch, Private Sector

Measuring OECD Responses to Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries

...The issue of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFS) is at the forefront of the international agenda. Governments worldwide are joining forces to combat money laundering, tax evasion and international bribery,...

Posted on 17 Apr 2013

Global Initiative

Building Police Institutions in Fragile States – Case Studies from Africa

...by Richard Downie The police are one of the most critical institutions of the state. This is particularly true in nations emerging from conflict, which are characterized by insecurity and high levels...

Posted on 18 Jan 2013

Global Initiative

Business, Corruption and Crime in the Western Balkans: The impact of bribery and other crime on private enterprise

...This study offers a comprehensive assessment of corruption as experienced by businesses in the western Balkans, based on interviews with more than 12,700 companies. If not countered by strong preventi...

Posted on 01 Jan 2013
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