Protecting Politics

Global Initiative Senior Adviser receives Transparency Award 2017

...Abajo en español The Global Initiative is very proud to announce that one of our Senior Advisers, Mr Ugljesa Ugi Zvekic has received the annual Transparency Award 2017. The annual Transpare...

Posted on 27 Feb 2017

Global Initiative

Event: Book launch – Beyond Convergence

...World Order or Disorder? – The nexus between terrorism and organised crime When: 3rd of April 2017 Where: WMO Building, Kruzel Hall (2nd Floor) The Global Initiative against Transnational Org...

Posted on 23 Feb 2017

Wildlife Watch

Event: Workshop Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crime – The Importance of Information & Analysis

...Wedneday 1st of March, 5:30 - 7pm, UCT Middle Campus. Wildlife crime is a diverse problem that affects protected areas and communities around the world. Finding solutions that reduce offender motivat...

Posted on 23 Feb 2017

Private Sector, RESPECT

Webinar: Multinational Technology Brands Tackling Human Trafficking

... Responsible and Ethical Private Sector Coalition against Trafficking’ Initiative Present in the framework of the Webinar Series THE PRIVATE SECTOR COUNTERING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: New technolog...

Posted on 23 Feb 2017

Global Initiative

Event: CSAE 2017 Annual Conference

...The Global Initiative presented at the CSAE  2017 Annual Conference, held in St Catherine's College, Oxford on Sunday 19th - Tuesday 21st March 2017. Conference papers addressed economic analysis ...

Posted on 22 Feb 2017

Global Initiative

Event: The Human Conveyor Belt: the industrialisation of human smuggling and trafficking in post­‐revolution Libya

...The Human Conveyor Belt: the Industrialisation of Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Post-­Revolution Libya Residence Palace – International Press Center, Brussels 17th March 2017, 9.30am – 11....

Posted on 17 Feb 2017

Global Initiative

Only God can stop the smugglers

...This country report examines the supply side of migration through Libya: the human smuggling networks. Human smuggling in Libya has many faces, and there is a dizzying array of actors that have a stak...

Posted on 15 Feb 2017

Private Sector, RESPECT

Webinar: Awareness Raising and Campaigning: What and How Does Social Media Contribute to Identification and Responses?

... Responsible and Ethical Private Sector Coalition against Trafficking’ Initiative Present in the framework of the Webinar Series THE PRIVATE SECTOR COUNTERING HUMAN TRAFFICKING: New technolog...

Posted on 13 Feb 2017

Development Dialogue

Governing Safer Cities: Strategies for a Globalised World

Governing Safer Cities

...Many cities across the globe are being undermined by chronic insecurity and violence, which are often connected to crime challenges originating beyond their municipal borders. Analyses across ten citi...

Posted on 08 Feb 2017

Global Initiative

Transnational organised crime – Thematic Study Clingendael Strategic Monitor 2017

...Introduction This report focuses on the main trends in the area of transnational organised crime that affect security interests in the European Union (EU). In addition to terrorism and cybercrime, �...

Posted on 03 Feb 2017

Global Initiative

Irregular migration and human smuggling networks in Mali

...by Fransje Molenaar & Thibault van Damme Abstract In 2016, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 migrants transited through Mali on their way to Algeria and Libya. One major dilemma facing policy make...

Posted on 03 Feb 2017

Global Initiative

People smuggling in Libya: You can’t bomb away a problem of economics

...Europe seems to think force and arms are the solution to reducing people smuggling in the volatile and fluid Libya. Even Gaddafi knew better. Back in 2010, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi famously declared t...

Posted on 25 Jan 2017