UN and Organized Crime Podcast
The UN and Organized Crime Podcast is a series from the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. As multilateralism itself comes under intense pressure, and as existing responses to transnational organized crime continue to fail, we’ll analyse the UN responses to the issue with some of the world’s leading experts as we try to unpack diplomatic discussions, policy developments and programme implementation.
Episodes
Civil society priorities for the next Crime Congress
In this episode, Ian speaks to three civil society grantees of the Resilience Fund, who attended the most recent UN Crime Commission in May. Anna Romandash, Noor Azizha and Lucie Andrea Gutiérrez speak about their experiences at the local …
Season 2! Underworlds with Mark Shaw - Underworlds with Mark Shaw
Underworlds with Mark Shaw is returning for another season.Mark sits down with authors to discuss their investigations into the murky world of organized crime.In season two, we hear about a range of stories such as money laundering and cryp…
Geneva 1955 to Abu Dhabi 2026
In this episode, Ian Tennant talks to Dr Matti Joutsen, author of a recently published history of the UN Crime Programme, to discuss the history of the UN Crime Congress, and the central role that civil society has played throughout its his…
TRAILER: Underworlds with Mark Shaw - Underworlds with Mark Shaw
Welcome to Underworlds with Mark Shaw.Organized Crime is everywhere, hidden in plain sight. The stories from this world have been mythologised by Hollywood. But the reality can be even stranger and more exciting than fiction. From the golde…
The Gender Agenda
This episode explores the importance of gender equality and gender sensitive policies and programmes in national and international responses to organized crime, including how these issues are approached in multilateral negotiations. Ian Te…
Cybercrime: Safeguards Matter
On 29 July 2024, the reconvened session of the Ad Hoc Committee (AHC) to conclude negotiations on a new UN convention on cybercrime began. The AHC is mandated to submit a draft convention to the UN General Assembly by 9 August. Since the AH…
Regional Approaches to Tackling Cybercrime - views from South East Asia
This second podcast episode on cybercrime and critical technologies in South East Asia starts to explore what the possible regional and indeed global responses might be to tackling these entrenched and growing threats. With the support of …
Cybercrime in South East Asia: views from the region
This episode explores the challenges that cybercrime and the exploitation of critical technologies pose in Indonesia and the Philippines and the broader South East Asia region. With the support of the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
Where next for the cybercrime convention?
This episode reflects on what was supposed to be the concluding session of the UN’s ad Hoc committee that had been set up to negotiate a new convention on cybercrime. Following seven negotiating sessions over two years, each lasting two wee…
Gang violence and the human rights and security crisis in Haiti
In this episode, Ian talks to William O'Neill, the UN's designated expert on the human rights situation in Haiti. In the context of the escalating and untrammelled gang violence in Haiti, and the unprecedented security and human rights cris…
GI-TOC - ECOSOC: Getting official status at the UN
This episode explores how 'ECOSOC consultative status' enables NGOs to engage on policy issues at the UN, and how GI-TOC finally gained its accreditation earlier this year. The episode also discusses the challenges NGOs face in gaining this…
The UN Cybercrime Treaty: A threat to press freedom?
In this episode, Ian Tennant talks to Amy Brouillette of the International Press Institute to discuss the risks that the treaty negotiation poses to freedom of the media.This is one of many risks and challenges that remain to be resolved as…
Balancing Act: UN Cybercrime Committee enters crucial phase of negotiations
This episode explores the latest developments in the process to negotiate a UN treaty on cyber crimes, including a look back at April's 5th Ad Hoc Committee meeting, the upcoming publication of a draft treaty, and the next meeting in August…
Confronting Africa’s evolving cyber threats
In April 2023, the Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a treaty on the misuse of ICTs for criminal purposes will meet to discuss a chapter on technical assistance, among other topics. As well on 6 March, technical assistance will be discussed dur…
Panamá, seeing the CITES
In this episode, we look back at the recent CITES Conference of the Parties in Panamá, and explore how this multilateral process addresses environmental crimes. The GI-TOC was there and focussed on international cooperation and responses to…
Crime and Sustainable Development at the UN
In this episode, Ian sits down with Dr Jarrett Blaustein, the author of a new book 'Unraveling the Crime-Development Nexus' . Together, Ian and Jarrett discuss the evolution and history of the UN's response to organized crime and its govern…
UN Cybercrime Negotiation Insights
In this episode, we discuss the ongoing UN negotiations to create a global instrument to address cybercrime, or what it is called formally: countering the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for criminal purposes. In M…
Into the weeds
From 30 May to 10 June, the second cybercrime UN 'AHC' negotiation meeting took place in Vienna. As delegations started exploring the issues in more detail, governments differed widely on what crimes to cover under the convention and how to…
Cybercrime P2: The road to a new UN convention
On 28 February, UN Member States began the official negotiation process of a new UN legal instrument on cybercrime.In this episode we delve into the substantive issues at play in the first negotiation session and in subsequent written submi…
Cybercrime P1: The road to a new UN convention
On 28 February, UN Member States began the official negotiation process of a new UN legal instrument on cybercrime. In this episode we look back at the first negotiation session with a representative of the UK's delegation. We consider the …
Beyond Kyoto
In the final episode of the Road to Kyoto podcast series, Ian Tennant speaks to civil society participants at the 14th Crime Congress to reflect on what happened at the Congress, and what it means for the future of multistakeholder response…
Kyoto: Virtual Reflections
We have arrived in Kyoto, at least virtually. In this episode of the Road to Kyoto podcast, Ian Tennant reflects on how the Congress has functioned so far, and what that means for civil society's ability to engage and influence this multi-s…
GI Network Members' Messages to the Crime Congress
In this episode Ian is joined by a selection of distinguished guests and members of the GI Network of experts. They will discuss the current global state of organized crime, in the context of the quinquennial Congress, and the more recent d…
UNTOC: The Conference of the Parties
Ian takes a look back at the first major UN Conference on organized crime to have taken place this year – the Conference of Parties to the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime – the UNTOC. He will consider what implications t…
Voices of Resilience
The Global Initiative has always championed the community leaders and civil society groups and activists who face the damage caused by organized crime at the local level. In this episode, we will hear some of those voices. All of the people…
Considering Criminal Justice Governance at the UN
Ian Tennant is joined by Ambassador Ugi Zvekic, Permanent Observer Office of the European Public Law Organization to United Nations in Vienna and Senior Advisor at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.They dicuss crim…
Penal Reform International
This week Ian is joined by Olivia Rope, the Director of Policy and International Advocacy at Penal Reform International.Global InitiativeRoad to Kyoto
The UN and Cybercrime
This week, Ian will be discussing cybercrime with Neil Walsh, the Chief of the Cybercrime, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism Department at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).Global InitiativePresente…
The Alliance and Civil Society
Today Ian will be discussing the role of civil society groups at the Congress with the Chair of The NGO Alliance on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Anna Alvazzi del Frate.Global InitiativePresenter: Ian TennantGuest: Anna Alvazzi del…
UN Crime Congress
In this first episode presenter Ian Tennant sits down with the Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime to discuss the role of the UN Crime Congress.Presenter: Ian TennantGuest: Mark ShawGlobal InitiativeRoad …
International Drug Policy Consortium
Ian Tennant from the Global Initiative sits down with the Chief Operating Officer of the IDPC, Jamie Bridge and Gloria Lai, the Regional Director for Asia at the IDPC.Global InitiativePresenter: Ian TennantGuest: Jamie BridgeGuest: Gloria L…