The road to Kyoto
The United Nations Crime Congress, which meets every five years, is a key opportunity for the international community to make progress on countering...
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The UN System-Wide Response to Organized Crime
From peace operations to how to better manage forests and food supply chains, the United Nations (UN) is engaged in the fight against organized crime...
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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The Global Initiative at the 74th UNGA
The Global Initiative hosted, participated in and moderated several events held in the margins of the General Assembly – not least of which was the...
The UNTOC and its review mechanism: Ensuring civil-society voices are heard
In October 2018, UN member states finally adopted an implementation review mechanism for the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime...
New Security Council resolution recognizes broader links between terrorism and organized crime
Is the UN Security Council widening its approach to dealing with the links between terrorism and organized crime, or merely synthesizing existing...
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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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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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Urban Peace and Illicit Economies – Call for papers
This special issue aims to demystify the knowledge and practice about building peace and resolving violent conflict in cities, focusing specifically...
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...
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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...