UN-TOC Watch, UNTOC

Canada: A rare beacon of light for the UNTOC Review Mechanism

...Canada has become the first country in the world to publish its responses to the self-assessment questionnaire for the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the P...

Posted on 25 Jul 2023

Author(s): Darren Brookbanks

Crime & Conflict, EAS-Obs, SEE-Obs

Cash is king: Impact of the Ukraine war on illicit financial flows in South Eastern Europe

Cash is king

...Illicit cross-border financial flows – estimated at US$1–1.6 trillion a year globally – are harming economic development on a national and global level. This is particularly true when such flows...

Posted on 24 Jul 2023

Author(s): Vanya Petrova

Gold Watch, NAS-Obs, WEA-Obs

Labour-trafficking in ASGM: Assessing risks in the Sahara-Sahel goldfields

Labour-trafficking in ASGM

...This report assesses risks of exploitation and labour trafficking in gold-mining areas in northern Niger and northern Mali. It examines the modalities of recruitment and employment, the risks they pos...

Posted on 21 Jul 2023

Author(s): Alice Fereday

Global Organized Crime Index, UN - Security and Rights, UN-TOC Watch, NAS-Obs

UN Security Council Illicit Economies Watch

...The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) researches the political economy of organized crime in many countries, including those on the United Nations Security Council’s a...

Posted on 21 Jul 2023