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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How do we stop migrants continuing to die in trucks?
The use of refrigerated containers and lorries in people smuggling and clandestine migration – which the Global Initiative forecasted would be an...
Borderline Dissent
The recent arrests of several US Marines, some in connection with facilitating the smuggling of migrants into America, raise questions as to their...
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...
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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,...