Global Initiative
@GI_TOC
The only international, independent organization with a mandate to formulate a global strategy to reduce the harms of organized crime and build resilience to it
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https://globalinitiative.net/ 09-06-2013 03:54:10
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🗞️ On #WorldPressFreedomDay , let's reflect on a sobering reality: being a #journalist in Mexico 🇲🇽 remains deadly.
4️⃣ years since the murder of #MaríaElenaFerral , justice is still owed and international support for much-needed reforms is essential.
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🇺🇳 The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice convenes in Vienna from May 13-17!
🤝 This year's focus on international cooperation to combat #organizedcrime , corruption, and more is crucial.
We will support a series of side events ⬇️
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🎙️New UN and Organized Crime podcast!
Louise Taylor chats with regional experts Giselle Hernandez & Tio Syamsuri about the challenges of critical technologies in facilitating #cybercrime in #SoutheastAsia .
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✊ Are you a leader building resilience in conflict-affected communities?
The 2024 #GIResilience Fellowship is looking for civil society change-makers to tackle organized crime's impact.
❗️Apply now and broaden the impact you are already making!
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#GIinTheMedia | The extortion economy in #CapeTown has become entrenched and methods deployed in the city’s shadow economy are exported throughout #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦, making it difficult to arrest the pervasive trend.
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⏰ Don't miss out on an immersive learning journey at Uniwersytet Warszawski!
Teaming up with University of Groningen, the Summer School of Illicit Trade provides a rare chance to delve into the complex economic, social, and security aspects of #illicittrade .
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🌍 Join us in building resilience to organized crime in fragile contexts!
Apply now for the 2024 #GIResilience Fellowship which provides training, funding, and networking opportunities to strengthen community resilience.
🗓️ Deadline: May 25
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❗️With negotiations paused, the possibility of a country or group bypassing the process and bringing a #cybercrime draft treaty to a General Assembly 🇺🇳 vote looms.
Uncertainty shrouds the outcome.
📖Learn about how we got here in our recent brief:
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🌿 Environmental defenders face violence worldwide.
The #EscazúAgreement aims to protect them, but challenges persist.
⏯️ Implementation capacity is lacking, hindering its potential impact.
More support those safeguarding our planet is urgent ❗️
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🌍 Violent extremism's rise in the #Sahel & spread into #WestAfrica is alarming.
⛽️ Illicit economies fuel terror groups' operations & finances.
Join us in this ENACT-led seminar exploring this issue.
👨💻👩💻 Flore Berger Christian Ani
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🤝 Diplomatic ties between #PacificIsland nations and countries of origin of foreign businesses can grant undue political influence, raising questions about fair treatment and transparency.
Virginia Comolli’s new report sheds light on this issue👇
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🚨 The killing of 2 police officers in Cádiz, Spain, allegedly by #drugtraffickers , highlights the nation's susceptibility as a primary gateway for drug entry into Europe.
Could 🇪🇸 enhance port security to disrupt cartel influence?
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🌳 On 20 March, at an event in Brussels, we launched ECO-SOLVE, a global EU-funded programme aimed at disrupting illicit environmental flows.
#EcoSolve is dedicated to combating #environmentalcrime .
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EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments 🌐
#GIinTheMedia | 'The GI-TOC said a 44% rise in cocaine seizures in Turkey between 2021 and 2022 was not reflected in data on domestic consumption, suggesting that the country is likely to serve as a drug corridor.”
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🇿🇦 Extortion is a rapidly worsening problem throughout #SouthAfrica .
This report is the first in a series in which we will examine the corrosive spread of extortion in the country and the threat it poses to its economy and society.
Explore it now ⬇️
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