A rising tide: Trends in production, trafficking and consumption of drugs in North Africa
This report offers a sizing and analysis of the developing trends around drugs in the Maghreb. It begins by detailing the production of narcotics in...
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Tackling Serious and Organized Crime in the Western Balkans
Organized crime is not a new phenomenon in the Western Balkans. Yet, despite its pervasiveness, research on the topic is scarce. Information is often...
A filterless environment: Illicit tobacco trade in Kosovo
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...
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Lockdown in lock-up: Italy’s prison system has been plunged into crisis by the pandemic – and by the mafia.
Mafia bosses ‘free to come and go as they please’. Italy’s prison system has been plunged into crisis by the pandemic – and by...
Economy, freedoms shrink in vulnerable Western Balkans
Although the Western Balkans Six have not been as severely affected by the pandemic as other European countries, there is a risk that the unfolding...
#CovidCrimeWatch – n°5
Last week’s #CovidCrimeWatch looked at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fragile states and conflict zones around the world in light of the UN...
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Organized Crime and International Terrorism – Addressing the Extortion & Governance Dilemma
Hosted with the Permanent Missions of Norway, Peru, and Tunisia (21, November 2019) Norwegian Mission to the UN, New York, NY An event contributing...
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...
Event: New Ways to Tackle Human Trafficking for Forced Labour along Migration Routes
The Global Initiative was pleased to be invited to speak at a high-level event hosted by DCAF: New Ways to Tackle Human Trafficking for Forced...
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Lockdown in lock-up: Italy’s prison system has been plunged into crisis by the pandemic – and by the mafia.
Mafia bosses ‘free to come and go as they please’. Italy’s prison system has been plunged into crisis by the pandemic – and by...
The Civil Society Observatory to counter organized crime in South Eastern Europe
The SEE-Obs was launched in July 2018 and focuses on the Western Balkans Six. It is a platform that connects and empowers civil-society actors across...
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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A parallel contagion: Is mafia entrepreneurship exploiting the pandemic?
Concerned with the growing links between organized crime and the current health crisis, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime...
GI-TOC condemns the detention and exclusion of Serbian journalist from participating at UN Anti-corruption Conference in UAE
Geneva, 19 December 2019 – As reported by the UNCAC Coalition, award-winning Serbian journalist Stevan Dojčinović, founder and editor-in-chief of...
Watching the French watchmen
A new book by Global Initiative network member Alain Bauer sheds light on the French secret services ‘watchmen’ tasked with tackling the changing...
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Data bulletins: improving migration data to implement the global compact for migration
IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre released an edited volume of the “Data Bulletin Series: Informing the Implementation of the Global...
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...
Protecting Migrant Children
In this chapter, Arezo Malakooti (Senior expert on migration, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime), provides an overview of the...