Criminal Contagion: How Mafias, Gangsters and Scammers profit from a Pandemic, webinar 17/6
Covid-19 has turned our idea of “normal” upside-down. Governments, social orders, and the world economy have all been challenged and reshaped in previously unimaginable ways. The flow of illegal goods and services is no exception. Organized criminal groups adapted and even profited from the weaknesses that the pandemic created or exposed. Cyber-crime boomed, new prohibition […]
GI-TOC 2020 Annual Report. Building a better world in the wake of the pandemic
In the wake of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus, the illicit economy has changed: the contours of trafficking have altered, though perhaps only for the immediate term; criminal groups are consolidating legitimacy through the provision of services; opportunistic criminal enterprises are springing up in response to new demand, social distancing, and prohibitions; illicit money […]
GI-TOC/Libera: “The role of transnational organized crime in corruption”
In December, as the world marked International Anti-Corruption Day, the GI-TOC and LIBERA Associations, Names and Numbers Against Mafias hosted the webinar ‘The role of transnational organized crime in corruption: Is reporting it a risk or an opportunity?’. GI-TOC analyst Ana Paula Oliveira moderated a discussion with a range of regional experts on the threats suffered by […]
