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Global Organized Crime Index

Corruption and crime, measuring the links

...Over the last three decades, organized crime has been allowed to grow within the cracks and evolve in step with the global economy and advancements in technology to levels hardly imaginable. In contra...

Posted on 01 Dec 2023

Author(s): Odd Berne Malme, Kosyo Ivanov

10 Dec

Global Organized Crime Index, Sustainable Development Goals, UN - Security and Rights, UN Cyberwatch, UN Reform, UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

GITOC at the 10th Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)

...Throughout GI-TOC’s decade of analyzing and responding to transnational organized crime, the fundamental importance of corruption as a driver and enabler of organized crime has always been clear. ...

Posted on 30 Nov 2023

WEA-Obs

2023 West Africa Organised Crime Resilience Framework

...The 2023 West Africa Organized Crime Resilience Framework (OCRF) is a tool developed by the GI-TOC as part of the Organised Crime: West African Response to Trafficking (OCWAR-T) project. The OCRF...

Posted on 28 Nov 2023

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria, Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo

Drug Policy, ESACD

Women and drug policy in Eastern and Southern Africa

...Gender equality is recognized as a fundamental human right and is enshrined in international frameworks such as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and international treaties such as the Conventi...

Posted on 27 Nov 2023

Author(s): Julia Stanyard

24 Nov

ENACT, Global Organized Crime Index, ESA-Obs, NAS-Obs, SA-Obs, WEA-Obs

ENACT Organised Crime Index (Africa 2023)

ENACT Organised Crime Index

...click here to access the online tool The ENACT Index is a tool that measures and assesses levels of organised crime on the continent. It ranks the 54 countries on the continent according to the...

Posted on 24 Nov 2023

29 Nov

NAS-Obs, WEA-Obs

Illicit economies: fueling armed groups’ expansion in the Sahel

...As armed groups increase their operations across the Sahel region, it has become clear that illicit economies play an important role in providing their operational resources, financing and legitimacy....

Posted on 23 Nov 2023

29 Nov

Gold Watch, WEA-Obs

Beyond crackdowns: formalising West Africa’s gold mining sector

...West Africa’s complex artisanal gold mining industry faces major challenges. The pervasive informality of mining makes the sector vulnerable to criminal exploitation and limits its development poten...

Posted on 23 Nov 2023

29 Nov

Resilience Fund, UN-TOC Watch

Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action +30

...On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Glo...

Posted on 23 Nov 2023

Latinoamérica y el Caribe, AMA-Obs

Amazon Underworld

...Amazon Underworld Criminal economies in the world's largest rainforest The Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, has become one of the main sources and transit points for criminal economie...

Posted on 22 Nov 2023

Crime & Conflict, WEA-Obs

West Africa Risk Bulletin #9

Observatory of illicit economies in West Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in West Africa Issue 9 November 2023 Summary highlights 3R rebel group in the Central African Republic loses territory and control over the ...

Posted on 20 Nov 2023

Crime & Conflict, Drug Policy

A balancing act: Normalizing Syrian relations amid the Captagon trade

...With Syria’s return to the Arab League, curbing the Captagon trade has risen to the top of the region’s political agenda. Syria must now navigate how to meet its counter-narcotics commitments whil...

Posted on 17 Nov 2023

Author(s): Sarah Fares, Laura Adal

Crime Terror Nexus, UKR-Obs

Ukraine Risk Bulletin #1

Observatory of Illicit Markets and the Conflict in Ukraine

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Markets and the Conflict in Ukraine Issue 1 November 2023 Summary highlights Monitoring illicit arms flows from the conflict in Ukraine. The huge infl...

Posted on 14 Nov 2023

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