Crime and Contagion: The impact of a pandemic on organized crime
The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is having profound impacts on society and the economy, and it will also influence and shape organized crime and...
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Strengthening Rule of Law approaches to address organized crime: Criminal Market Convergence
In many parts of the world, multiple criminal markets operate in the same space, undermining good governance and regional peace and security. To...
Dialogue on Organized Crime: Illicit markets in an era of connectivity
This paper documents the key organized-crime themes and challenges discussed at the 10th iteration of the Development Dialogue series held in...
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COVID-19: Strengthen civil society in a time of unprecedented change and undermine criminal governance
The COVID-19 virus presents extraordinary challenges to the global community and to global governance. Not least of these is the degree to which...
#CovidCrimeWatch – n°1
The global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 outbreak has, aside from the obvious global health impacts, far-reaching consequences – including on the...
Cannabis classification still up in the air
The 63rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took place in Vienna (2–6 March), albeit with some slimmed down delegations due to...
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Migration and Criminal Networks
What is the role of criminal networks as they relate to migration? How can migrants protect themselves against criminal networks? Where are the hot...
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...
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Launch of the Resilience Fund (Photo Gallery)
The Resilience Fund was launched in Vienna, Austria at a high-level panel discussion in the margins of the 28th UN Commission on Crime Prevention and...
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Resilience Fund Expert Stakeholder Meeting
An expert stakeholder meeting of the Civil Society Resilience Fund Against Organized Crime took place on 22–23 May 2019, preceded by a launch event...
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...
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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...