World Atlas of Illicit Flows
Organized crime takes the lion’s share of USD31.5 billion in illicit flows in and around conflict areas A new report warns that the illegal...
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Human Trafficking-Smuggling Nexus in Libya
Probably nowhere more than in Libya have the definitional lines between migrant smuggling and human trafficking become as blurred or contested....
Understanding contemporary human smuggling as a vector in migration
This guide analyses in depth the dynamics and trends of the human-smuggling industry, focusing on migration from and through the Middle East, North...
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UN sanctions against transnational criminals
What the recent Libya listings tell us about the use of UN sanctions against transnational crime. In June 2018, the UN Security Council Committee...
UN Security Council Brings out the Big Stick in Libya
The UN’s sanctions this week against six kingpins involved in human smuggling and trafficking markets will send out a strong message to...
Europe should rethink its policy on Libya’s organised crime problem
Beyond the ‘migrant crisis’, Europe should recognise the threat posed by illicit markets in Libya. Speaking in Geneva recently, the head of...
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World Atlas of Illicit Flows
Organized crime takes the lion’s share of USD31.5 billion in illicit flows in and around conflict areas A new report warns that the illegal...
UN Global Compact on migration: Smuggling of Migrants
11 Oct 2017 – Panel 1: Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in persons and contemporary forms of slavery Smuggling of migrants, trafficking in...
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In Memoriam: Stephen Ellis, 1953-2015
The Global Initiative is very sad to report that Prof. Stephen Ellis died on July 29, 2015, having lost his three-year battle with leukaemia....
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Data bulletins: improving migration data to implement the global compact for migration
IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre released an edited volume of the “Data Bulletin Series: Informing the Implementation of the Global...
Mixed Migration Review 2018
This publication by the Mixed Migration Centre offers a review of mixed migration around the world focusing on key events and policy developments...
Organized Crime on the UN Security Council Agenda
On 7 June 2018, for the first time, a Committee of the United Nations Security Council placed individuals on a sanctions list for human trafficking....