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A civil society network dedicated to exposing the harms caused by organized crime and fostering more effective ways to disrupt illicit economies.

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

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⛓️‍💥Our aim is to disrupt criminal activity and illicit markets. 📚Our research is used by governments, business, organizations and many others trying to make communities safer. 🌐 Our presence worldwide is extended and growing. Together, we can build a safer future for all.

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🇷🇺 The #WagnerGroup has rapidly become the most influential form of #Russian engagement in #Africa today. 🔴 In late January 2023, the US government designated the group a ‘transnational #criminal organization’, allowing for wider #sanctions against it and its enablers.

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⛴️ Cocaine trafficking through #WestAfrica is on the rise, with #Brazil emerging as a key player. Our analysis delves into the role of the PCC, the largest criminal organization in 🇧🇷 and the dynamics fueling this growth. Now in French and Portuguese 👉

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1/ There is currently no substantial outflow of weapons from the Ukrainian conflict zone. But when the current war ends, Ukraine’s battlefields could and will become the new arsenal of anarchy, arming everyone from insurgents in Africa to gangsters in the streets of Europe.

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The 24 hour Conference on Global Organized Crime was an experimental idea, but we think we can safely say it turned out brilliantly! 🙌 The co-hosts wish to thank the colleagues and volunteers who contributed to making the conference such a success. 👏👏👏 #OC24

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⛴️ Cocaine trafficking through #WestAfrica is on the rise, with #Brazil emerging as a key player. Our analysis delves into the role of the PCC, the largest criminal organization in 🇧🇷 and the dynamics fueling this growth. Now in French and Portuguese 👉

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🇮🇩 On 26 September 2015 #SalimKancil became the first # #environmental activist to be murdered in the #Indonesian province of East Java. 🌳 He was a vocal critic against #sandmining in the village of Selok Awar-Awar where he lived. #AssassinationWitness @jatamnas @WalhiJatim

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Meet @zalmayzia an investigative journalist who writes for The News International, the largest English newspaper in Pakistan and @nytimes He has authored several publications and research papers on violence in cities and Islamist and ethnic insurgencies. #GIResilience

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@GI_TOC

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⏳On September 28 we will be launching the Global Organized Crime Index #OCIndex2021 The project draws upon a 2-year effort to develop the tool, involving over 350 experts worldwide, to evaluate levels of #crime and #resilience in all 193 UN member states.

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The Global Organized Crime Index

The Global Organized Crime Index is the result of a two-year endeavour to evaluate levels of crime and resilience in all 193 UN member states. Through this data, it is hoped that the Index will help...

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🆕How are criminal networks reshaping around #COVID19 ? 🦠 📕Our initial #CovidCrimeWatch policy brief brings together all that we are seeing in terms of criminal adaptation to this global pandemic.

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🤝 Welcome to the #GINetwork , @Judiekaberia ! Judie is a Senior Project Manager at @FNF_EastAfrica . Her work focuses on #organizedcrime and #humantrafficking in East Africa 🌍

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We are pleased to announce the #launch of a new #report by @GI_TOC , @INTERPOL_HQ and #RHIPTO : The "World Atlas of Illicit Flows" that provides the first consolidated #global overview of their significance in #conflicts worldwide.

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🗺️ Click the map to view the journey of a #Chadian ex-soldier and rebel turned #mercenary in #Libya . 👉

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@GI_TOC

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6⃣Many countries in #conflict and fragile states experience acute #vulnerability to #OrganizedCrime

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🌐The illegal #wildlifetrade spans geographical regions, making it a global problem demanding global solutions. 📣At our #CITESCoP19 side event with @TheWCS , we'll be discussing the challenges and opportunities for international cooperation to tackle #wildlifecrime . More info👇

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🇸🇻 Our latest report from our #CAMObs focuses on the dynamics of #extortion as part of the operations of #maras or #gangs in #ElSalvador , and how this affects victims. 📄 Read ‘Renta o extorsión: Victimarios y víctimas de las maras en El Salvador’ 👇

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Renta o extorsión: Victimarios y víctimas de las maras en El Salvador

Este informe describe la dinámica de las extorsiones en El Salvador a la luz de la estructura y el funcionamiento de las maras o pandillas.

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🔍 Lack of threat detection capabilities and reliance on external actors for key #cyber infrastructure make many African states highly vulnerable to cyber- #espionage . 🇨🇳 The main concerns in #Africa have centred on #China due to their investments in African #ICT infrastructure.

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4/ In a new report, @MarkGaleotti and @scrawnya explore the current situation in Ukraine in terms of the spread of weapons into non-state hands and clandestine supply chains. Read here ⤵️

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The Russo-Ukrainian war and the illegal arms trade

This report explores the current situation in Ukraine in terms of the spread of weapons into non-state hands and clandestine supply chains. It considers the prospects for more serious levels of...

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🔴How is #COVID19 impacting #OrganizedCrime around the world? How do illicit economies affect our ability to respond to the virus? 🎧Listen to the 1st episode of our 12-week long podcast series "The Impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime" #CovidCrimeWatch

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1/📣 🎉 We are delighted to announce that applications for our 2022 Resilience Fellowship are now open! This is now our third cycle of the Resilience Fellowship and it will focus on environmental crime 🌳 ⏬

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💊 The war in Ukraine is intensifying synthetic drug use among soldiers, raising concerns about drug trafficking and abuse in conflict zones. Bohdan* is one of these soldiers. He overdosed after his entire unit had been wiped out in a matter of days.

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The war in Ukraine is fuelling drug use among soldiers, particularly of synthetic substances

As indicated by the 2023 Global Organized Crime Index, Ukraine’s synthetic drug market has seen the largest increase of any drug market in the world.

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#Terrorism and #OrganizedCrime are increasingly indistinguishable: Policymakers should direct their focus toward stabilizing insecure spaces in the West and developing world.

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🎉 We are delighted to announce that the #GIResilience Fund has selected 10 applicants for the 2021 Fellowship to foster resilience to extortion and organized crime. 🤝You can learn all about our new and highly diverse group of Fellows here ⤵️

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Giovanni Falcone, the anti-mafia prosecutor, had a profound impact on the fight against organized crime. 🗓 It is the 20th anniversary of @UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, which was signed in Falcone's hometown of Palermo.

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🇺🇳 @GI_TOC has been granted ECOSOC consultative status! We are grateful to the countries who supported the initiative to support us and 6 other NGOs at the @ECOSOC meeting in New York yesterday ⬇️

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🇲🇱 #CattleRustling has been at the heart of #Mali ’s war economy since the very start. 📈 But in 2021, cattle rustling surged and continues at unprecedented levels, with the dominant perpetrators being violent extremist groups operating in the country.

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Cattle rustling and Mali's war economy

This report assesses the intersection of the criminal economy of cattle rustling with Mali’s instability, describing its supply chain, detailing the role of various actors, the routes taken, and the...

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📢🎉That's right, our #CovidCrimeWatch podcast has been shortlisted as one of the best podcasts in the pandemic. Have you listened to all the episodes?

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...BEST CORONAVIRUS PODCAST 2/2: The Big Miss You by @BigIssue , The Impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime by @GI_TOC , @nature podcast by @SpringerNature

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🌐 We’ve reached 10k followers! Thank you for liking, commenting and sharing our tweets, and contributing to the global debate on #OrganizedCrime . #Thanks for your support and engagement!

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Meet @VaniaPigeonutt , a journalist focused on Guerrero, Mexico. She is co-founder of , a media outlet that focuses on creating social changes through journalism, in addition to covering the effects of organized crime. #GIResilience

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🔴Statement on the arrest in Annaba, #Algeria of Senior Analyst Raouf Farrah

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STATEMENT: THE ARREST OF SENIOR ANALYST RAOUF FARRAH

On Tuesday 14 February 2023, Raouf Farrah, Senior Analyst with the GI-TOC was arrested in Annaba, Algeria, by officers of the Gendarmerie Nationale and the judicial police.

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🌐 Globally, connections between #crime , #war and insurrection are inescapable. 🇺🇦 What does the link look like in the #Donbas region in eastern #Ukraine ?

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Crime and the Donbas conflict 2014-2022

This report describes and analyzes the degree to which the conflict can be considered a criminal enterprise, as well as how it expanded and facilitated criminal markets from Russia and Ukraine, to...

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🌐 After an amazing 24 hours filled with compelling discussions on global #organizedcrime , the second #OC24 has come to an end. 🎉 A huge thank you to the whole organizing team, our speakers, volunteers and participants. We hope you enjoyed the conference! @theIASOC @ECPR_SGOC

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#OC24 2022 is back on 13-14 October! 🎉 📣 With over 330 experts and 85 sessions, take a look at the schedule for the third edition of #OC24 and sign up today! ⬇️ 👀 Which panels will you join? @theIASOC @ECPR_SGOC

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1/ Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin’s (JNIM) is the dominant non-state armed group in Burkina Faso, committed to establishing its own form of Islamist governance. A core of this strategy is engagement with illicit economies - our latest research explores how...

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💊 Eastern and Southern #Africa faces serious and multifaceted issues related to illegal #drugs , becoming an established transit corridor for intercontinental drug flows. 🎥 Our new documentary explores Africa’s illicit drug markets - watch here 👉 #ESACD

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🎉 We are delighted to announce that applications for our 2023 #GIResilience Fellowship are now OPEN! ✊ The fourth edition of the #GIResilience Fellowship will focus on #humanrights and #organizedcrime .

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Our research in northern Mozambique in February 2021 has found that there is little evidence to suggest that illicit economies have in fact become a major source of income for the insurgents.

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📣📅 Today at 5pm CET join us for a webinar with @InSightCrime all about the cocaine pipeline to Europe. #cocainetoeurope

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The cocaine pipeline to Europe | GI-TOC / InsightCrime

Over the past few years, the cocaine trade has enjoyed an unprecedented boom, fuelled by soaring production. In 2018, the combined production for Colombia, Bolivia and Peru – the three main producers...

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Networks of powerful, politically connected #criminal actors have created an enabling environment for an #Islamic insurgency in northern #Mozambique that is terrorizing local communities and threatening the country’s stability > | by @simonehaysom

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🔴 Statement on the charges against Senior Analyst, Raouf Farrah, and his father without basis

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CHARGES AGAINST RAOUF FARRAH AND HIS FATHER WITHOUT BASIS: GI-TOC STANDS BEHIND THE FIGHT TO CLEAR...

The charges brought against Senior Analyst Raouf Farrah and his father, Sebti Farrah, by Algerian authorities are without basis, the GI-TOC said.

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🚨 What is the link between illicit #armstrafficking and other #organizedcrimes ? 📣 Join us and @MisionMexOI tomorrow at our side event to the #ArmsTradeTreaty #CSP8 to find out more. RSVP and details 👇

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3/ When the fighting stops and the armies begin to be demobilized, that is when the greatest risks of weapons proliferation, and, indeed, violent criminality, arise. What needs to be done?

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Corruption fuels and enables environmental crime. Action is urgently needed to stop it. We joined @anticorruption and the @WJCommission at the @UNGASS to discuss the tools needed to address the issue. Read more here:

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Tackling corruption as an enabler for environmental crime

The United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) against Corruption took place at the UN in New York from 2 to 4 June 2021. As part of the official side event programme, the Global...

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💊 #Cocaine from #LatinAmerica and #heroin via #T ürkiye and the Middle East enter South Eastern #Europe through key commercial #seaports . 🔴 Weapons, waste, counterfeit goods and cigarettes are also being #smuggled along this #Balkan maritime route.

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🤝 From 7-8 March, we are hosting the #GINetwork Experts Meeting from our Observatory of Illicit Economies in South Eastern Europe. Discussions will focus on initiatives to tackle #organizedcrime and #corruption in the region.

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🚨 #Cocaine to Europe has increased over the years, to the point where it is now beginning to rival that entering the US mainland 🆕📕GI-TOC/ @InSightCrime report on the cocaine pipeline to Europe #CocaineToEurope @jerrymcdermott @Douwedenheld @jbargent1

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The cocaine pipeline to Europe | GI-TOC / InsightCrime

Over the past few years, the cocaine trade has enjoyed an unprecedented boom, fuelled by soaring production. In 2018, the combined production for Colombia, Bolivia and Peru – the three main producers...

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Russian organized crime, once dominated by brutal tattoed men, evolved with globalization. They became criminal facilitators worldwide. The war in #Ukraine is reshaping the landscape, raising concerns of a return to the 'Wild 90s.' 🎙️ Full episode here:

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🎉 #OnThisDay last year, we launched our Global #OCIndex ! 🌐 The Index is multi-dimensional tool assessing the level of criminality and resilience to #organizedcrime for 193 countries. 👀 Stay tuned for the second edition coming out in Sept 2023… ➡️

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Our aim is to ensure that by 2023, the Global Initiative is a truly global network in action. We will continue to adapt and grow, while staying true to our roots as a dedicated network of people who want to help fight organized crime. Read more:

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🇲🇱 #Mali is the newest theatre for #Wagner military operations. The end of Operation Barkhane, combined with strong anti-French sentiment among the Malian authorities, opened a window of opportunity for greater Russian engagement in Mali. Find out how ⬇️

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Russia's military, mercenary and criminal engagement in Africa

The Wagner Group's activities and characteristics reflect broader trends in the evolution of Russia's oligarchs and organized crime groups, their respective relationships with the Russian state, and...

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⚠️🇮🇹 How is the #Mafia exploiting the #Covid19 pandemic? We brought together 4 leading anti-mafia figures in #Italy to discuss how the mafia is repositioning itself during the crisis, and the implications. Interviews by our network expert @sergio_nazzaro

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🎉 After receiving 613 applications to the #GIResilience Fellowship at the end of last year, we are so excited to announce our 10 2022 Fellows! Click here to find out more about them and their work on #environmentalcrime 👇🌳

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🇱🇾 #Wagner has provided military assistance to #Libya ’s Khalifa Haftar since at least February 2019. 🔴 But is the group taking a significant role in exploiting natural resources or in #illiciteconomies in the country? Find out here 👇

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Russia's military, mercenary and criminal engagement in Africa

The Wagner Group's activities and characteristics reflect broader trends in the evolution of Russia's oligarchs and organized crime groups, their respective relationships with the Russian state, and...

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♀️ #Women are essential actors in the fight against #organizedcrime - whether analyzing criminal markets and illicit flows, or bolstering community resilience. On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate them and their work. #IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity

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🇩🇿 How are Algerian authorities managing migration flows along the borders with Niger and Mali? This report by @raouf_far looks at the frameworks of illicit economies in the Sahara, #Algeria ’s domestic politics, and the regional geopolitical environment.

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Algeria's migration dilemma: Migration and human smuggling in southern Algeria | Global Initiative

This report details current migration and human-smuggling dynamics in the extreme south of Algeria. The study assesses how Algerian authorities manage migration flows and human smuggling along the...

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. @livia_wagner79 habla a @dw_espanol sobre cómo las bandas criminales se aprovechan de la pandemia

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Understanding the political economy of migrant detention in #Libya , in both the official and non-official detention systems. @arezomalakooti

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🗓️ The #OC24 agenda is out now. 👉Additional info on the panels will be released soon. 👉Subscribe to the newsletter for the latest updates. @ECPR_SGOC @theIASOC

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24-Hour Conference on global organized crime — 24 Hour Conference on global organized crime - Agenda

A virtual conference to bring together OC scholars in challenging times.

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🔴 To think about strategies to combat #OrganizedCrime it is important to know what we are talking about. 🌐 International experts in security and crime will share their experiences in countries affected by this phenomenon. #LetsTalkOrganizedCrime #HablemosDeCrimenOrganizado

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2/ Massive stocks of legally and illegally held weapons already within the country have increased with those distributed by the government, acquired by patriots eager to defend their homeland and looted from the fallen Russians.

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Organized crime has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of globalization. It has given rise to unprecedented movements of money, goods, people and contraband around the world.

The Global Illicit Economy: Trajectories of Organized Crime

Organized crime is a common denominator to the world’s major challenges and a driver of unsustainable development.

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Join us on 7 May for the launch of a groundbreaking report on #organizedcrime . Former heads of State and Nobel peace prize laureates of the @globalcdp to discuss innovative policy and policing approaches. Moderated by our Director @Mark_Shaw_

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♀️Women are essential actors in the fight against #organizedcrime - whether analyzing criminal markets and illicit flows, or bolstering community resilience to the vulnerabilities of organized crime. 👏 On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate them and their work. #IWD2022

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📣 The 17th-21st Oct marks the 11th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational #OrganizedCrime ( #UNTOC ). 🤝 Holding a range of events with states and #civilsociety , take a look at what's in store at #COP11 ⤵️ @UNODC @UNODCCSU

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🔍 How did the #WagnerGroup emerge as part of broader trends in #Russian business and military interests and the operations of Russian criminal groups overseas? Read our new report with @HannsSeidelSA 👇 @juliastanyard @julianrademeyer @TVircoulon

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Russia's military, mercenary and criminal engagement in Africa

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🔴 #OCIndex2021 Key findings ⤵️

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**Raouf Farrah is Free** We welcome news of the reduction in the prison sentence of our colleague Raouf Farrah by the appeals court in Constantine, Algeria. Raouf will leave prison with immediate effect. --- @FreeRaoufFarrah #FreeRaoufFarrah

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Global Initiative welcomes reduction of sentence for Raouf Farrah and his immediate release from...

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Global Initiative Director @Mark_Shaw_ opening the Knowledge/Needs Assessment Workshop on Stakeholder Engagement on #UNTOC Review Mechanism. 🗨️"Civil Society has evolved. Civil Society is not an empty voice. It is people who really bring the impact of OC into a forum like this"

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This is the activist Bertha Isabel Zúñiga. Her mother, Berta Cáceres, was a life-long activist who was murdered by gunmen in 2016. @siriagastelum spoke to @BerthaZuniga1 about her mother and @COPINHHONDURAS for a special Faces of Assassination podcast:

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The Chair of the panel Ottilia Anna Maunganidze @MaS1banda from @issafrica emphasized the importance of engaging with states on the results of the Index #MSC2020

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🌐 Representing the @CpcjA at the #cybercrime negotiations today, @IanTennant9 highlighted the importance of ensuring #humanrights are protected in the new treaty. 🇺🇳 He also stressed that states should build on and make best use of both the #UNTOC and #UNCAC .

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🇸🇻 In February 2023, the #Bukele administration claimed that there had been 300 days of ‘zero homicides’ in #ElSalvador . However, official records do not record #homicides in detention centres of people incarcerated under the state of emergency.

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Online now! "The Tipping Point: organised crime and the 'war' on #rhino horn poaching":

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⚠️We join calls of support to journalist @moussa_aksar in his court case following a major investigation on corruption in #Niger ’s defence sector.

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Imprisonment for defamation seeks to silence investigative journalism in Niger | Global Initiative

The GI-TOC demands that Nigerien authorities reconsider the criminalization of defamation through the 2019 anti-cybercrime law, which can have a chilling effect on Niger's brave but fledgling...

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💻Some of the most popular social media platforms and e-commerce sites consistently host advertisements for the sale of endangered species. 🚨These platforms bear almost no legal liabilities for hosting such content or facilitating this trade, & their responses have been weak.

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🔴 GI-TOC appeals to the Algerian judicial system to expedite and conclude the criminal case against its Senior Analyst #RaoufFarrah , 100 days since his imprisonment at the Boussouf detention facility in Constantine, #Algeria . #ResearchIsNotACrime

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Mr Farrah was imprisoned on 20 February 2023 along with his 67-year-old father, Sebti Farrah, after being presented in court in the context of the Amira Bouraoui case, an Algerian activist and...

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1 year

GI-TOC colleagues at #CCPCJ32 today speaking at and attending a range of different discussions! 🇺🇳🤩 Take a look at the side events we will be taking part in during the rest of the week ⤵️

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Global Initiative

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Packed room today at our #TechAgainstTrafficking side event @osce_cthb #CTHB19 , discussing the landscape map of #technologies used to combat #humantrafficking & launching our #Accelerator programme!

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

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🚨 What are the implications of the deep criminalization of the conflict for the #Donbas region? 📍 @MarkGaleotti and @scrawnya explore the impact on #Ukraine , #Russia , the #Donetsk and #Lugansk People’s Republics, and the wider world 👇

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Crime and the Donbas conflict 2014-2022

This report describes and analyzes the degree to which the conflict can be considered a criminal enterprise, as well as how it expanded and facilitated criminal markets from Russia and Ukraine, to...

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Read a new report by @gabriel_feltran , @ViannaPinho and @Lucia_Bird_Ruiz to find out more 👇

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Atlantic connections: The PCC and the Brazil-West Africa cocaine trade

Since 2016, the majority of consignments transiting West Africa begin their journey in Brazil.

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

3 years

🚨In July 2020, Captagon tablets originating in Syria with an estimated value of approximately US$1.13 billion were seized, described as the largest bust of amphetamines in the world. Find out more in our new report about organized crime in the Levant⤵️

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Global Initiative

3 years

In Venezuela, corruption from drug trafficking penetrates the state at all levels, from police patrolmen to presidents 🇻🇪 The 2013 attempt to smuggle almost 1.4 tons of cocaine on an Air France flight from Caracas to Paris is a pertinent example of this.

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The cocaine pipeline to Europe | GI-TOC / InsightCrime

Over the past few years, the cocaine trade has enjoyed an unprecedented boom, fuelled by soaring production. In 2018, the combined production for Colombia, Bolivia and Peru – the three main producers...

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

3 years

Illicit economies have a major yet often overlooked influence on the development of countries. The Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) publishes research and policy commentary about this complex relationship. Read the open-access journal:

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

10 months

Read more about who we are and what we've been up to 👇 #G1T0C

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A decade of the Global Initiative (2013-2023)

September 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. This is an opportunity to not only look back and reflect on 10 years of the...

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

2 years

🌐 According to our Global #OCIndex , #humantrafficking is the most pervasive criminal market globally. 🔴 Fuelled by mass displacement, and caused by factors including conflict and socio-economic conditions, click to read more ⤵️ #EndHumanTrafficking

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

11 months

Analyzing the transformation in the political and economic landscape of #organizedcrime in #Odesa and #Bessarabia following the Russian invasion of #Ukraine in 2022. 👇

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Port in a storm: Organized crime in Odesa since the Russian invasion

Odesa has long been one of the most criminalized cities in Ukraine, both in terms of illicit flows through its port (including drugs, weapons, and contraband) and the high levels of corruption around...

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

2 years

🤩 From our #COP11 reception tonight, our #GIResilience Director, @siriagastelum , gives a warm welcome message! 🤝 The reception brings together members of our #GIResilience Fund, governmental delegates and our Global Strategy Against Organized Crime Steering Committee.

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

4 years

Why has Latin America become a hotspot for criminal groups from the Balkans❓

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

3 years

The numbers of missing people in communities around the world are soaring. 'Landscapes' is our new multimedia initiative which will represent a collaborative approach to understanding disappearances linked to organized crime. #GIDisappearances ⬇️

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

2 years

🌐 After an amazing 24 hours filled with compelling discussions on global #organizedcrime , the third #OC24 has come to an end. 🎉 A huge thank you to the whole organizing team, our speakers, volunteers and participants. We hope you enjoyed the conference! @theIASOC @ECPR_SGOC

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

4 years

Call for proposals: 🌎🕐24-hour Conference on Global Organised Crime 🗓November 10, 2020 The conference will be open to both presenters and attendees without charge or fees! #virtualOCconf2020 For more information see the event flyer ⤵

The 24h Conference on Global Organized Crime | Global Initiative

A virtual conference bringing together OC scholars in the absence of meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. When: 24 consecutive hours, beginning November 10, 2020 (Nov. 11 in Asia and Oceania)...

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

5 years

🌎🌍🌏 Global illicit flows and organized crime operate today in an environment that is arguably more complex than ever before...

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

2 years

The @GI_TOC is shocked and disappointed to learn about our exclusion from tomorrow’s Constructive Dialogue on the Implementation Review Mechanism of #UNTOC . Read the statement from our Director, @Mark_Shaw_ ⬇️

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

4 years

👉Join the 24-hour Conference on Global Organized Crime The conference is open to academics, researchers, practitioners, students, and free of charge. #OC24

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Global Initiative

3 years

What is the role of women in searching for missing people? 🗓️Join us on the 10th March, 17:00 CET to find out. Hear the unique insights from 3 of the 2020 #GIResilience Fellows: @Sabuesosguerre2 @ISAZULETA @ClavelRangel Event in Spanish

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Mujeres en Búsqueda - Resilience Fund

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

6 years

Launching the new 'Civil Society Resilience Fund against #OrganizedCrime ' funded by @NorwayMFA . 'Our commitment is to provide #services , promote #safety , raise #awareness and #protect the resilient spirit of #communities where the state has been replaced by criminal governance'.

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@GI_TOC

Global Initiative

2 years

🇵🇭 The #Palawan #pangolin is #Philippines ’ endemic pangolin species. 📜 Protected by international and domestic laws, it is recognized as an iconic national species. 🔴 But illegal hunting of the species has increased over the last two decades.

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Global Initiative

4 years

Out now: 6th episode of "The impact: Coronavirus and Organized Crime" by @JacktheRadioBot ❄️🦠Cocaine Trafficking and COVID pt.1: Colombia, Central America & Mexico. Feat. @tobymuse , @gmovma , @ioangrillo , @mexicoreporte , @JasonEligh #CovidCrimeWatch

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Part 1: Cocaine Trafficking & COVID - Colombia, Central America &...

The 1970s was a decade of change. It was on the disco dance floors of Miami and Los Angeles to Rome and London that a new party drug emerged, beginning in jungles of South America, it was...

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Global Initiative

1 year

🇷🇺 Following the invasion of #Ukraine , #Africa is becoming strategically important to #Russia as it is isolated by Western sanctions. 🔴 The political influence that the #WagnerGroup has is an important tool for Russia in promoting its economic and political interests in Africa.

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Global Initiative

5 years

Libya’s smuggling and trafficking economies have been in a tumultuous state of flux since the 2011 revolution, and drug trafficking is no exception. Read our new report, authored by @mmic78 for @EMCDDA

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