Hotspots of Organized Crime in the Western Balkans
Since the end of 2018, protestors in Albania, Montenegro and Serbia have been taking to the streets to express their frustration and anger at...
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Battling Human Trafficking: A Scrutiny of Private Sector Obligations under the Modern Slavery Act
Battling Human Trafficking: How Far Have We Come and Where Do We Go From Here? A Scrutiny of Private Sector Obligations under the Modern Slavery Act...
Understanding contemporary human smuggling as a vector in migration
This guide analyses in depth the dynamics and trends of the human-smuggling industry, focusing on migration from and through the Middle East, North...
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Legalization of cannabis: What’s the deal with the dealers?
The creeping legalization of cannabis may have several undesired, uncertain and unforeseen consequences. Not least is the question of how a market...
Still in chains
A UK House of Lords report is highly critical of the apathy shown by the private sector towards combating modern slavery in their supply chains. Over...
Not killed on their home turf
Organized-crime groups deploy assassinations in general, and hits in particular, as a mechanism by which to achieve their political, economic,...
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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...
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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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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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...
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...
In Memoriam: Stephen Ellis, 1953-2015
The Global Initiative is very sad to report that Prof. Stephen Ellis died on July 29, 2015, having lost his three-year battle with leukaemia....
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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...