1540 Compass - Issue 5 | Disrupting Proliferation in Finance and Trade - Jan-2025
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Checkpoint Reached: The Prevention of Violent Extremism and Online Gaming
The expert briefing Checkpoint Reached: The Prevention of Violent Extremism and Online Gaming is jointly organized by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, the Department of Home Affairs of Australia, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).
The event will convene experts from with the UN, academia and private sector to examine how online gaming ecosystems intersect with violent extremism, and how these spaces can be proactively leveraged for prevention.
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Sanctions Workshop for ASEAN Member States
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Strengthening Regional Cooperation to Counter Sanctions Evasion and Emerging Threats in Southeast Asia
New Report! Hidden Links: Facilitating Criminal Activities While Exploiting E-Commerce
Hidden Links: Facilitating Criminal Activities While Exploiting E-Commerce highlights an emerging challenge in the fight against online counterfeiting. As e-commerce platforms continue to expand, they have also become attractive environments for criminal actors seeking to exploit gaps in digital marketplaces.
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Hidden Links: Facilitating Criminal Activities While Exploiting E-Commerce - Jan 2026
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Hidden Links: Facilitating Criminal Activities While Exploiting E-Commerce examines a rapidly growing and increasingly sophisticated form of online criminality linked to the trafficking of counterfeit goods.
Advancing Judicial Excellence: Consultations and Mentoring in AI, Criminal Justice, and Human Rights for the Supreme Judiciary Council of the State of Qatar
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Artificial Intelligence for the Supreme Judicial Council | State of Qatar
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Ecocide and Environmental Crime: International Developments and Italy’s Transposition of EU Directive 2024/1203
As environmental crime continues to escalate globally, causing severe and often irreversible harm to ecosystems, biodiversity and human health, while undermining governance and the rule of law, the European Union has adopted Directive (EU) 2024/1203 on the protection of the environment through criminal law, significantly strengthening the legal framework for the prevention and prosecution of environmental offences
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The New Criminal Code: Deciphering Emerging Threats in Cyberspace - Freedom From Fear Magazine, January 2026
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Cyberspace has become a defining arena for contemporary crime, conflict and security. As emerging technologies transform the way societies function, they are also reshaping how criminal actors operate, how conflicts unfold, and how legal and governance systems are challenged to respond.
