On 26 June UNICRI held a virtual course on organized crime infiltration into the legal economy. from a global perspective. The lecturers of the training were Mr. Francesco Marelli, Mrs. Mariana Diaz Garcia and Mr. Marco Musumeci.
With Maria Falcone, today we pay tribute to Judge Falcone and to all those who sacrificed their lives on the front lines for us to be free from fear. “He who is silent and bows his head dies every time he does so.
The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, the German Federal Criminal Police and UNICRI join forces against food fraud and related organized crime activities
Berlin, 3 July 2018.
Lessons learned and suggested practices to disrupt the impact of organized crime on the legal economy
The Report prepared by UNICRI on "Organized Crime and the Legal Economy" has been presented and discussed today in Naples during a work
Addressing the multifaceted problem of falsified medicines
A Conference in Geneva to discuss innovative and integrated approaches
A Conference on falsified medicines has been organized by the United Nations Interregional Crime
Actions against counterfeit medicines
A conference to discuss organized crime involvement and prevention strategies
Turin, 29 January 2014
Counterfeit medicines is a serious problem affecting every country in the worl
Combating organised crime and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), and recovering illicitly-obtained assets, requires multiple policy areas and transnational cooperation.
The Report describes how terrorist, violent extremist and organized criminal groups are trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to expand their activities and jeopardize the efficacy and credibility of response measures by governments.
The COVID-19 crisis has amplified misinformation and disinformation on social media and has created new opportunities for violent non-state actors.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, responding to the health crisis has been a priority concern worldwide. Its impact, however, has had a much wider range implications with unprecedented effects on the global economy and on a broad range of human, civil and labor rights, as well as rule of law and security-related issues, posing serious questions about what states need to prioritize next and how responses should be tailored to the current situation.
Over the last century, organized crime has demonstrated a remarkable capacity to rapidly adapt to mutated social, political and economic conditions. While in some cases this adaptation was the result of a reactive response to improved legislation targeting their interests, in many others it was ignited by the pursuit of new possibilities for economic profit.
On 14 February, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), in partnership with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), convened a virtual expert group meeting. The goal was to explore the intricate relationships between Private Military Companies (PMCs), criminality and terrorism, and their far-reaching effects on international peace and security.