Private Sector

The Fight against Corruption, Industrial Espionage and Economic Crime

...Current estimates place the cost of bribes paid to gain business advantage at US$ 1 trillion annually; the embezzlement of public funds or theft of public assets by corrupt officials is unquantifiable...

Posted on 14 Dec 2011

Gold Watch, Private Sector

Estimating IFFs from Drug Trafficking and other forms of Organized Crime

...“Always follow the money” has been sound advice in law enforcement and political circles for decades. Nevertheless, tracking the flows of illicit funds generated by drug trafficking and organized ...

Posted on 17 Oct 2011

Private Sector

Music Piracy: Serious, organised and violent crime

...The growth of international organised crime has been facilitated by numerous factors, including the burgeoning global economy and the establishment of worldwide financial markets. The free movement of...

Posted on 14 Sep 2011

Crime & Conflict, Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Protecting Politics, Resilience Fund

The Challenge of Violent Drug-Trafficking Organizations

...Drug-related violence has become a very serious problem in Mexico, leading to more than 30,000 deaths in the country between December 2006 and December 2010. Violent drug-trafficking organizations (VD...

Posted on 23 Jun 2011

Gold Watch

Illicit Financial Flows from Least Developed Countries, 1990-2008

...This paper explores the scale and composition of illicit financial flows from the 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Illicit financial flows involve the cross-border transfer of the proceeds of corr...

Posted on 17 May 2011

Private Sector, Protecting Politics

Termites at Work: A Report on Transnational Organized Crime and State Erosion in Kenya

...The threat posed by organized crime is not confined to serious crimes such as racketeering, the global drug trade, or human trafficking. For many developing countries and fragile states, powerful tran...

Posted on 26 Apr 2011

Gold Watch, Private Sector

Transnational Crime in the Developing World

...This report analyzes the scale, flow, profit distribution, and impact of 12 different types of illicit trade: drugs, humans, wildlife, counterfeit goods and currency, human organs, small arms, diamond...

Posted on 24 Feb 2011

Global Initiative

World Drug Report 2010

...In the past decade, drug control has matured. Policy has become more responsive to the needs of those most seriously affected, along the whole chain of the drug industry – from poor farmers who cult...

Posted on 20 Dec 2010

Global Initiative

Hate crime, cyber security and the experience of crime among children

...The extent of and perceptions towards hate crime This chapter contains analysis of figures from the 2009/10 and 2010/11 British Crime Surveys, including extent and reporting of hate crime, its effe...

Posted on 18 Dec 2010

Global Initiative

Cyber Security in Spain: A Proposal for its Management

...Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have contributed to the wellbeing and progress of societies to such an extent that countless public and private dealings depend on these technologies....

Posted on 18 Dec 2010

Global Initiative

European Union Instruments and Reports

European Union Instruments and Reports

...  Migration is one of the priority areas for the European Union which is working towards a European agenda on Migration. The EU is working on this agenda on migration to set out a coordinated ...

Posted on 06 Dec 2010

Global Initiative

Eurojust

...Eurojust is the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit, founded in February 2002. Its task is to stimulate and improve the coordination of investigations and prosecutions between the competent aut...

Posted on 06 Nov 2010