Global Initiative

Enforcement of drug laws: Refocusing on Organized Crime Elites

... In this first report of this decade, the Global Commission on Drug Policy outlines how the current international drug control regime works for the benefit of transnational organized crime. It highlig...

Posted on 07 May 2020

ESA-Obs, SA-Obs

East and Southern Africa Risk Bulletin #7

Civil Society Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa

...Risk Bulletin Download PDF Observatory of Illicit Economies in Eastern and Southern Africa Issue 7 April–May 2020 Summary highlights Insurgent tactics are shifting in Cabo Delgado, following the pat...

Posted on 07 May 2020

Global Initiative

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°7

... Since the end of January, countries across the world have introduced a wave of restrictive measures – the so-called ‘lockdowns’ – to contain the spread of the coronavirus, starting with the l...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Global Initiative

Keeping children safe online during lockdown

... The risk of cyber child exploitation has grown dramatically as populations worldwide are forced to spend more time at home and online. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on internet u...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Author(s): John Carr OBE, David Danelo

UN-TOC Watch

Detour on the Road to Kyoto: Making the UN Crime Congress relevant under the shadow of Covid-19

Detour on the Road to Kyoto:

... The world is in a state of crisis. Health systems are under strain, businesses and employees are struggling, and ordinary life for many is simply on hold, or going downhill fast. We are yet to see th...

Posted on 06 May 2020

Author(s): Ian Tennant

SEE-Obs

A filterless environment: Illicit tobacco trade in Kosovo

A filterless environment:

... While much has been written about cigarette smuggling in several countries of the Western Balkans, little is known about the role of Kosovo in this trade. This brief points to gaps in information, ho...

Posted on 30 Apr 2020

Author(s): Fatjona Mejdini

Global Initiative

#CovidCrimeWatch – n°6

... Since the last #CovidCrimeWatch newsletter was published, the global death toll of the COVID-19 virus has surpassed 200 000. Although the US daily death toll may have peaked, and a number of European...

Posted on 29 Apr 2020

Author(s): Lyes Tagziria

Resilience Fund

Community resilience and COVID-19

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Posted on 29 Apr 2020

NAS-Obs

Smuggling in the time of Covid-19: The impact of the pandemic on human-smuggling dynamics and migrant-protection risks

Smuggling in the time of Covid-19:

... Efforts to counter the COVID-19 pandemic have seen unprecedented restrictions on movement being imposed in many countries, both at borders and within countries. Some communities and policymakers h...

Posted on 28 Apr 2020

Global Initiative

Technology, Anti-Trafficking, and Speculative Futures

... Over the past decade, scholars, activists, and policymakers have repeatedly called for an examination of the role of technology as a contributing force to human trafficking and exploitation. Attentio...

Posted on 27 Apr 2020