Crime and Contagion: The impact of a pandemic on organized crime
The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is having profound impacts on society and the economy, and it will also influence and shape organized crime and...
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Strengthening Rule of Law approaches to address organized crime: Criminal Market Convergence
In many parts of the world, multiple criminal markets operate in the same space, undermining good governance and regional peace and security. To...
East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #4
This edition of the Risk Bulletin of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa covers a diverse range of criminal markets, from ivory...
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COVID-19: Strengthen civil society in a time of unprecedented change and undermine criminal governance
The COVID-19 virus presents extraordinary challenges to the global community and to global governance. Not least of these is the degree to which...
Will Brexit reverse UK’s gains made in tackling modern slavery?
In a recent publication, we asked whether Brexit will see organized crime taking back control. Here we consider the impact of Brexit on modern...
Will Brexit see organized crime taking back control?
As Brexit is set to be the defining feature of the UK’s economic future, the same may also be true of its criminal economy. On 1 February 2020, the...
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After the storm: Organized crime across the Sahel-Sahara following upheaval in Libya and Mali
Organized crime in the Sahel has entered a new phase of consolidation and diversification. During the past decade, criminal activity expanded...
Organised Crime Index (Africa 2019)
The ENACT Organised Crime Index is an innovative tool designed to measure levels of organised crime in African countries and assess their resilience...
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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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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Organized Crime and Criminal Networks in Africa
Summary and Keywords Organised crime and criminal networks are an outcome of Africa’s weak systems of state reach and governance, and in turn they...
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...
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Organized Crime and Criminal Networks in Africa
Summary and Keywords Organised crime and criminal networks are an outcome of Africa’s weak systems of state reach and governance, and in turn they...
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...