Curbing Illicit Mercury and Gold Flows in West Africa
On 19 November, Senior Analyst Marcena Hunter presented the report Curbing Illicit Mercury and Gold Flows in West Africa: Options for a Regional...
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Where crime compounds conflict
This report seeks to explain how the outbreak of violent conflict in northern Mozambique, driven by a group known locally as ‘Al Shabaab’, is...
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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Trade infrastructure and organized crime
Trade infrastructure may enable the economic benefits of globalization, but at the same time it can also make countries more vulnerable to organized...
Trade policies to the rescue
When UNTOC can’t deliver, could trade-related measures be applied to curb state-run organized crime? Like all criminal-justice treaties, UNTOC is...
Arms Trade Treaty
Sarah Parker, policy support officer for the Arms Trade Treaty, speaks to the Global Initiative about the impact of the ATT, its complementarity with...
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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...
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...
Webinar: Responses to the Global Trade in Illicit Organs
The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Babson College present The Price of Life: Responding to the Global Black Market in...
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In memoriam: Jean-Luc Vez
Global Initiative Board Member, Jean-Luc Vez, Managing Director for Security Policy and Security Affairs at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and the...
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...
GIN Interview: Gavin Corn, Federal Prosecutor in FBI’s Cybercrime Taskforce
Federal prosecutor on detail to FBI’s Cyber Task Force and founding member of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime It’s...
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The link between illicit tobacco trade and organised crime
by Prof. Dr. Arndt Sinn Introduction: Organised crime as a global economic power Hand in hand with the globalisation of the economy, the...
Sweet secrets: sugar smuggling and state formation in the Kenya-Somalia borderlands
by Jacob Rasmussen This DIIS Working Paper explores the role of Somali militants and the Kenyan army, bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and truck...
What drives post-war crime? Evidence from illicit economies in Liberia and Sierra Leone
Abstract Crime is a reality of life around the world, but its characteristics and impact differ tremendously across states and societies. There are...