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....
Battling Human Trafficking: A Scrutiny of Private Sector Obligations under the Modern Slavery Act
Battling Human Trafficking: How Far Have We Come and Where Do We Go From Here? A Scrutiny of Private Sector Obligations under the Modern Slavery Act...
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Still in chains
A UK House of Lords report is highly critical of the apathy shown by the private sector towards combating modern slavery in their supply chains. Over...
Tech Against Trafficking Progress Report
In June 2018, a coalition of global tech companies, civil society organizations, and international institutions jointly launched Tech Against...
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...
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The Global Initiative at EU Anti-Trafficking Day Conference
On the occasion of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime co-organized a high-level conference on...
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...
Human Trafficking and the Illicit Cigarette Trade: Global Consequences
The illicit trade of cigarettes has become a multi-billion dollar business today and has taken centre stage in the global debate in the last few...
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The Global Initiative at EU Anti-Trafficking Day Conference
On the occasion of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime co-organized a high-level conference on...
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GIN Interview – Gulnara Shahinian
A counter-trafficking consultant and former special rapporteur to the UN on contemporary slavery, Gulnara Shahinian has spent her career trying to...
GIN Interview: Angela Me, Director of Research, UNODC
As Director of Research at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Angela Me has an enviable birds-eye view of the complex matrix that...
GIN Interview: Louise Shelley, founder and director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center
Academic and author Louise Shelley was driven to create the Washington-based Terrorism, Transnational and Corruption Center (TraCCC) in the...
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Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018
The 2018 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the fourth of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations...
Criminal Networks Involved in the Trafficking and Exploitation of Underage Victims in the European Union
Child trafficking is one of the most heinous crimes and a crime against human rights as criminals profit from the abuse of the weakest social...
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....