Global Initiative

The Afghan Opiate Trade and Africa – A Baseline Assessment

... Afghan heroin is traf cked to every region of the world except Latin America. A global network of routes, facilitated by international and domestic crime groups ensures that heroin is traf cke...

Posted on 11 Oct 2010

Crime & Conflict

Europol

...Europol is the European Union's law enforcement agency, headquartered in The Hague,  whose main goal is to help achieve a safer Europe for the benefit of all EU citizens. It deals with traditional is...

Posted on 06 Oct 2010

Global Initiative

Frontex

... Frontex is the European Union's agency promoting, coordinating and developing European border management. It is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland and was officially established in 2004. Frontex is a...

Posted on 06 Oct 2010

Global Initiative

European Union Naval Force Mediterranean

... EUNAVFOR MED, the European Union's Naval Force - Mediterranean Operation Sophia is a mobilisation to tackle the root causes of the recent human emergency in the Mediterranean - in cooperation with...

Posted on 06 Sep 2010

Global Initiative

INTERPOL

... Interpol is the world's largest international police organisation, with 190 member countries. Headquartered in Lyon, France its mission is "preventing and fighting crime through enhanced cooperati...

Posted on 06 Aug 2010

Global Initiative

United Nations

...  Both the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are global leaders in the area of irregular migration, the traffic...

Posted on 06 Jul 2010

Global Initiative

Mass-Marketing Fraud: A Threat Assessment

...The Nature, Scope, and Impact of Mass-Marketing Fraud Mass-marketing fraud has gradually transformed from a predominantly North American crime problem into a pervasive global criminal threat.  There...

Posted on 14 Jun 2010

Global Initiative

International Organization for Migration

...The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the leading inter-governmental organisation in the field of migration. Since its establishment in 1951 it has gathered 162 member states and nine ...

Posted on 06 May 2010

Global Initiative

Afghanistan cannabis survey

... Evidence from cannabis resin seizures have long pointed to Afghanistan as one of the main producer of the drug, similar in magnitude only to Morocco. Information collected by UNODC and the Min...

Posted on 22 Apr 2010

Global Initiative

Human Smuggling and Trafficking into Europe: A Comparative Perspective

...Human smuggling and trafficking are rapidly growing transnational criminal activities that involve the recruitment, movement, and delivery of migrants from a sending region to a destination. This rep...

Posted on 06 Apr 2010

Global Initiative

Useful Websites

Useful Websites

...Please find below a selection of useful and relevant websites regarding human smuggling to the European Union: DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission Council of the European Union ...

Posted on 06 Mar 2010

Global Initiative

Organised Crime and Corruption: National Characteristics and Policies of the EU Member‐States

...Based on a statistical analysis of 14 indicators (measuring corruption, organized crime, the effectiveness of government, macro‐economic indicators and the grey economy), seven clusters of countries...

Posted on 01 Jan 2010