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News, Events, Publications about Transnational Organized Crime

  • Panel Discussions 07-10-2019

    Organized Crime, Arms Trafficking, and Illicit Financial Flows: Exploring SDG Target 16.4

    Organized crime, arms trafficking, and illicit financial flows are a chronic and ubiquitous problem among many developing countries. In 2015, the adoption of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 16.4 decisively placed organized crime and illicit financial flows on the development agenda. While the focus of SDG 16 is on peace, justice, and strong […]

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    Sustainable Development, Transnational Organized Crime
  • 11-18-2015

    ICM Public Consultation: Terrorism including issues related to Ideology, Identity Politics, and Organized Crime

    On November 18th, The Independent Commission on Multilateralism hosted its third Public Consultation on its Discussion Paper on “Terrorism including issues related to Ideology, Identity Politics, and Organized Crime.”Click here to view the event video on YouTube>>Threats posed by terrorism and violent extremism continue to metastasize, stemming from a constellation of fault lines and imbalances caused […]

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    Multilateral System, Transnational Organized Crime, Violent Extremism
  • Panel Discussions 11-16-2015

    Lauber: SDGs A Chance to “Recalibrate” Drugs Debate

    A panel of experts in drug control policy examined the interactions between sustainable development and the world drug problem at an IPI panel, “Debating the Intersection between the Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs) and United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) 2016” on November 16th, 2015.The meeting, co-organized with the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum (CPPF), […]

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    Sustainable Development, Transnational Organized Crime
  • Panel Discussions 11-02-2015

    Addressing and Analyzing Organized Crime in Fragile States

    Transnational organized crime (TOC) has developed into a powerful force impacting lives both locally and globally, having benefitted from the increasing integration of the global economy and regional proliferation of state fragility. Particularly in the post-conflict context where multilateral organizations are mandated to support the government in re-building state capacities, there is a lack of […]

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    Training for Senior Leadership, Transnational Organized Crime
  • Panel Discussions 07-22-2015

    IPI Panel: Focus on Prevention, Not Repression, Needed in Response to Drug Problem

    The international response to the world drug crisis has given disproportional attention to repression rather than prevention. This view was expressed by several participants at an IPI policy forum convened on July 22 to discuss the upcoming United Nations General Assembly special session on the world drug problem.“Repression is a damaging policy, since it redirects […]

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    Transnational Organized Crime
  • Panel Discussions 01-29-2015

    Costa: Pendulum of Power is Swinging Away from the West

    In a discussion about his new book The Checkmate Pendulum: From Fiction to Reality that took place at IPI’s Vienna Office on January 29, former high-ranking UN official Antonio Maria Costa warned that “the world order as we have known it since the Second World War is changing, and the rulebook is being rewritten.” Citing “Russia’s […]

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    Transnational Organized Crime
  • Conferences 11-13-2014

    Assessing Links Between Peacebuilding and Organized Crime: The International Expert Forum

    Organized crime and peacebuilding can be seen as separate issues, but recent research and practice suggest the two are deeply linked—conflict is increasingly fueling crime, and crime in turn makes peace harder to achieve.To address this phenomenon, IPI hosted a one-day workshop on November 13th on the topic of “Building Peace at the Nexus of […]

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    Peacebuilding, Transnational Organized Crime
  • Policy Papers 09-19-2014by Walter Kemp and Mark Shaw

    From the Margins to the Mainstream: Toward an Integrated Multilateral Response to Organized Crime

    Since the end of the Cold War, organized crime has moved from being a marginal problem in a few cities and regions to being a mainstream threat to national stability and international peace and security. While the threat has become transnational, the multilateral response has been slow, disjointed, and reactive.Broad structural changes are needed to […]

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    Transnational Organized Crime
  • Conferences 04-08-2014

    Organized Crime and Conflict in the Sahel-Maghreb Focus of 2014 NY Seminar

    Criminal networks are flourishing in regions of the world that suffer from conflict and weak institutions, and, as part of global market forces, they are undermining stability and human security at large. On April 8th, IPI hosted its annual New York seminar that examined the complexity and multifaceted nature of the threats posed by transnational […]

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    Training for Senior Leadership, Transnational Organized Crime
  • Panel Discussions 12-01-2013

    How to Cope With Organized Crime

    Organized crime has evolved dramatically over the past decades, and there are insufficient tools and training to enable members of peace operations to properly assess and respond to these threats. To address this shortcoming, IPI developed and implemented a two-week pilot course—the first of its kind—on how to cope with organized crime as a spoiler […]

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    Transnational Organized Crime
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Recent articles from
the Global Observatory

  •  Where is UN Counterterrorism Headed 20 Years After 9/11? 

    February 26, 2021 by Alistair Millar, Eric Rosand
    Our knowledge of the threat of violent extremism and how to address it will continue to increase. The size of the UN’s bureaucracy should not have to grow with it.
    Analysis, terrorism, united nations
  • Myanmar’s Military Coup and the “Age of Impunity”

    February 24, 2021 by Damian Lilly, Richard Bennett
    There is an urgent need to rethink how to hold to account those responsible for human rights violations not only in Myanmar, but also in other countries.
    Analysis, democracy, southeast asia
  • Regional Special Forces Pose Threat to Peace and Security in Ethiopia

    February 22, 2021 by Bereket Tsegay
    The peace and security arrangement between federal and regional states has allowed special forces to instigate conflicts in unique ways.
    Analysis, africa, peace and security
  • Despite Challenges, UN Peace Operations Will Evolve, Not Disappear

    February 19, 2021 by Katharina P. Coleman, Paul D. Williams
    Peace operations are a highly resilient international institution for managing armed conflict.
    Analysis, peacekeeping
  • New Perspectives on Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

    February 16, 2021 by Amelia Hoover Green, Angela Muvumba Sellström, Ann-Kristin Sjöberg, Chiara Ruffa, Elisabeth Jean Wood, Karin Johansson, Louise Olsson, Roudabeh Kishi, Stephen Moncrief
    As members of the UN Security Council, the UK and US can work to integrate the prevention of CRSV into peacekeeping effectiveness and in efforts to protect civilians.
    Analysis
  • How to Do a Gender Analysis: Practical Guidance for the UN Community

    February 12, 2021 by Phoebe Donnelly
    Many within the UN community are not clear on what a gender analysis entails.
    Analysis, women peace and security
  • How Did Extremism and Violence Become a Dangerous Reality in Burkina Faso?

    February 10, 2021 by Adele Orosz
    Since 2019, insecurity has reached devastating levels. It has become clear that attacks can happen anywhere, targeting anyone.
    Analysis, africa
  • Ensuring the UN’s Duty of Care for the Mental Health of Field Personnel

    February 4, 2021 by Namie Di Razza
    The UN system and member states urgently need to prioritize their duty of care to troops, police officers, and civilians.
    Analysis, peacekeeping
  • Myanmar Lays Bare Challenges of Military-Led Democratization

    February 3, 2021 by Darin Self
    It is unlikely that the military will support full democratization until there is a party that the military trusts.
    Analysis, southeast asia
  • Key Global Events to Watch in February

    February 2, 2021 by the Global Observatory
    A list of key upcoming meetings and events that have implications for global affairs compiled by the Global Observatory.
    Key Events

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