A problem displaced: The smuggling of migrants through Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 2015, during the massive flow of migrants and refugees travelling along the so-called Balkan route, almost no one attempted to reach Europe via...
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Growing like weeds? Rethinking Albania’s culture of cannabis cultivation
The cultivation of cannabis in Albania goes back several decades, but experienced a peak around 2016, at which point the police undertook an...
The Political Economy of Migrant Detention in Libya: Understanding the players and the business models
The overall objective of this study is to understand the political economy of migrant detention in Libya, in both the official and non-official...
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Black Sea: A rising tide of illicit business?
At the end of November 2019, the Azeri customs authority made its largest-ever seizure of Afghan-sourced heroin. At 930 kilograms, it was also the...
Will Brexit reverse UK’s gains made in tackling modern slavery?
In a recent publication, we asked whether Brexit will see organized crime taking back control. Here we consider the impact of Brexit on modern...
Will Brexit see organized crime taking back control?
As Brexit is set to be the defining feature of the UK’s economic future, the same may also be true of its criminal economy. On 1 February 2020, the...
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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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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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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...
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...
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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...