Organized Crime
Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, are politically motivated. Sometimes criminal organizations force people to do business with them, such as when a gang extorts money from shopkeepers for "protection". Gangs may often be deemed organized crime groups or, under stricter definitions of organized crime, may become disciplined enough to be considered organized. A criminal organization or gang can also be referred to as a mafia, mob, ring, or syndicate; the network, …
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IMF: International Monetary Fund · 11 November 2024 English
Violent crime and insecurity remain major barriers to prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). With just 8 percent of the global population, LAC accounts for a third of …
. . . . . ... 20 B. The Economic Costs of Organized Crime: The Case of Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... 3 Figure 3. Organized Crime and Drugs in Latin America and the Caribbean … . . . . . . . . . .... 25 Figure 18. How Organized Crime and Corruption Affects Firms and Households … vulnerable to the deleterious effects of crime. � Organized crime is especially costly: The presence of gangs … of law can address drivers of violent and organized crime. Economic policies may also mitigate the cost …
SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 11 November 2024 English
American Enterprise Institute --- AS/COA Article What To Know About the Results of Chile’s 2024 Municipal and Regional Elections The October 26–27 contests, held a year before the 2025 general …
and Brazil in the last five years. ¬ Large, organized crime groups in South America, like the Primeiro …
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 9 November 2024 English
tailored Brief - An Aid to Strategic Responses to support in SEE and foster partnership with Organized Crime in South-Eastern Türkiye and its law enforcement and judicial E. [...] Key recommendations that … regional cooperation and data-driven risk analysis to address illicit trafficking and transnational organized crime; to consider expanding the network of port and airport control units and expand related training …
...... 23 Thematic Area 2 – Transnational Organized Crime .......................................... … Prevention, Treatment and Care ThA 2: Transnational Organized Crime ThA 3: Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery ThA … their path to European The involvement of organized crime groups integration. from the Western Balkans … drugs in containers has Available analysis of organized crime trends in increased. the region, combined with … UNODC’s Regional Policy Brief for South- used by organized crime groups for Eastern Europe, point towards persistent …
IADB: Inter-American Development Bank · 8 November 2024 Spanish
El crimen y la violencia representan un obstáculo para el desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe, afectando a individuos, empresas y gobiernos. Este documento actualiza estudios previos, estimando los …
aspects-Caribbean Area. 3. Organized crime-Economic aspects-Latin America. 4. Organized crime-Economic aspects-Caribbean …
GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 8 November 2024 English
the integrity and independence of those institutions in the context of fighting corruption and organized crime. [...] The Directorate of Standards acts as an internal oversight body, while the Agency for …
former Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), judge in North Macedonia. ambassador … field coordinator for Against Transnational Organized Crime and do not necessarily Kosovo. reflect the … 2024 Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. All rights reserved. No part of this publication … The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime Avenue de France 23 Geneva, CH-1202 Switzerland … Combating Corruption – Serbia SOCTA Serious and Organized Crime Threat Assessment SPAK Special Anti-Corruption …
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 8 November 2024 English
The Nexus Between CAE The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) plays a crucial role in combating CAE, and Climate Change offering a multifaceted approach to prevent and …
for integrating justice responses into the Organized Crime” of the Conference of the parties to climate … against Transnational and sustainable solutions. Organized Crime (UNTOC, 2020). The Nexus Between CAE The United …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 7 November 2024 English
development. It does so by weakening the opposition’s voices and facilitating the expansion of organized crime and illicit sources of income. …
voices and facilitating the expansion of organized crime and illicit sources of income. Nicolas Cabra-Ruiz … displacement could also facilitate the expansion of organized crime and dependence on illicit economic resources … forced displacement expe- rience an increase in organized crime dedicated to illicit economic activities, which … Venezuelans living abroad between 2017 and 2021. Organized crime data. We construct a municipal-annual panel … information on violent events and presence of organized crime and non-state armed actors from the Armed Conflict …
SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 6 November 2024 German
Inhaltsverzeichnis > Horn von Afrika > Horn von Afrika / Rotes Meer > Somalia > Äthiopien > Sudan > Sudan / Südsudan > Südsudan > Mali / Mauretanien > Mauretanien …
org/spotlight/black-axe-nigeria-transnational-organized-crime/ Violent Criminal Gangs Displace and Disrupt … org/spotlight/black-axe-nigeria-transnational-organized-crime/ https://africacenter.org/spotlight/spiral …
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime · 5 November 2024 English
November 2024 United Nations Convention Original: English/French/Spanish against Transnational Organized Crime Twelfth session Vienna, 14–18 October 2024 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS1 STATES PARTIES Afghanistan Manizha … Justice Benson NJAGI, Senior State Counsel, Minist. [...] CRUZ, Undersecretary, Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission Margarita GUTIERREZ, Undersecretary, Department of Justice Zoilo VELASCO, First Secretary …
English/French/Spanish against Transnational Organized Crime Twelfth session Vienna, 14–18 October 2024 … PEDRO ALEXANDRE, National Director, Combating Organized Crime of the Criminal Investigation Service José … Delegation Mohamed Khaled ALSAEEDI, Major, Head, Organized Crime Division Abdullatif SATER, Major, Ministry … of Delegation Mevsud ĆUPRIJA, Serious and Organized Crime Advisor, Ministry of Security Sabahka RADO … King-Pan, Chief Superintendent of Police, Organized Crime and Triad Bureau, Hong Kong Police Force, Hong …
EIA International: Environmental Investigation Agency International · 5 November 2024 English
supply chains, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic waste are trafficked Countries in the Global North play a significant role in annually, right under the …
Report: The Nexus between Available here. Organized Crime and Pollution Crime. Available here. 67. For …
