Dialogue on Organized Crime and Development
The Development Dialogue has been convened regularly by the Global Initiative and several key donor partners since 2013. The initiative brings...
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Cyber-insecurities? A guide to the UN cybercrime debate
This brief focuses on cybercrime in an international context, exploring in particular why the United Nations is still trying to find its footing as...
In search of cyber-enabled disruption
This synthesis brings together select findings from across ‘Digital Dangers’, a year-long project run by the Global Initiative Against...
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Drugs and the UN: What will the next 10 years bring?
Mexico’s Ambassador Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, former chair of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, sets the tone for the next decade of drug...
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...
Do we need a global agreement on wildlife crime?
A recent article by former CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon calls for a debate on the way forward internationally in addressing organized...
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GIResilience Project – UN Solutions Summit 2018
Solutions Summit is an annual catalytic gathering at UN Headquarters in New York during UN General Assembly high-level week in September. This...
Launch of the IUU Fishing Index
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime and Poseidon – Aquatic Resource Management Ltd. are pleased to announce the launch of...
The challenges of measuring Organized Crime in Africa
Mark Shaw talks about data collection and measurement of Organized Crime in Africa, focusing on its great fragmentation. This presentation...
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Mapping Global Transformations – Illicit Economies
What exactly are the Transformation Maps? Transformation Maps are the World Economic Forum’s dynamic knowledge tool. They help users to explore and...
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Policing for Sustainable Development Goals
In February, Scholars’ Press published Policing for Sustainable Development Goals, two of the co-authors of which are Global Initiative senior...
Q and A with Nadia Isler, director of the SDG Lab Geneva
Nadia Isler speaks to the Global Initiative’s Julia Stanyard on the SDG Lab’s work, its findings and how international actors seek to address...
Interview with Ruth Dreifuss on the decriminalization of drugs.
How would you assess the current state of the debate around decriminalization of drugs? There have certainly been positive developments since the...
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Munich Security Report 2019
Looking at the current state of international affairs it is difficult to escape the feeling that the world is not just witnessing a series of smaller...
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018
The 2018 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons is the fourth of its kind mandated by the General Assembly through the 2010 United Nations...
Mixed Migration Review 2018
This publication by the Mixed Migration Centre offers a review of mixed migration around the world focusing on key events and policy developments...