Free trade, human smuggling and international border management: for protection or profit?
For the past two decades, policy officials and human-rights groups in both Europe and the US have participated in a vicious cycle of criticizing each...
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Priority must shape policy in border control
Policymakers and interdiction authorities should allocate resources to the hierarchy of genuine border threats and risks as if it were an exercise in...
Back to the 1970s? Criminalization and Context in US-Mexico Migration Statistics
Since January 2017, after US President Donald Trump implemented policies designed to discourage migrants from coming to America, US border...
Public protests: Of Governments and Criminals…
The hills ringing Iguala have secrets. Searchers have been combing the hills for almost a month, seeking any sign of the 43 students who disappeared...
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Webinar: The New American Dream? Illicit migration, human trafficking and smuggling in the Americas
THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM? ILLICIT MIGRATION, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING IN THE AMERICAS. Wednesday, 10th December, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm EST and...
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GIN Interview: Gavin Corn, Federal Prosecutor in FBI’s Cybercrime Taskforce
Federal prosecutor on detail to FBI’s Cyber Task Force and founding member of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime It’s...
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Organized Crime and Central American Migration in Mexico
Abstract The following report was researched and written in response to a request by the Mexican Federal Police for an evaluation of the interactions...
Five Misconceptions About Migrant Smuggling
by Gabriella Sanchez Abstract Migrant smugglers occupy a special place in the European ‘migration crisis’ discourse. They are depicted as the...
Compendium of relevant reference materials and resources on ethical sourcing and prevention of trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation in supply chains
The objective of the Compendium of Resources is to take stock of the existing legislation, policies, guidelines, recommendations, reports, studies,...