Draft law #6220 undermines NABU independence and offers a tool to terminate any criminal investigation within NABU investigative jurisdiction. The draft law, that has already been adopted in the first reading and might be finally adopted on May 18, 2017, provides, that any criminal investigation must be closed if an investigation of the same facts and/or/or events (circumstances) has…
The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, Politihøgskolen and the Center for Complex Operations warmly invite you to join the Oslo launch of the National Defence University’s edited volume of essays looking at transnational threats: trends, enablers and impacts. The book “Beyond Convergence: World without Order” is a sequel to the very successful 2013 volume…
Following its ECOSOC nomination, the OCO is creating its specific OCO-UN Board that will regroup all professionals and persons that will deal with the ECOSOC and UN matters. The OCO is very pleased to announce today the nomination of the Professor Nikolaos PASSAS at the Head of the UN-OCO Board with representative powers to the…
Last month to apply for ECOSOC consultative status in order to be considered by the 2018 NGO Committee (Deadline: 1 June 2017 – Late submissions will not be accepted) 1 June 2017 is the last day for Non-Governmental Organizations to apply for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in order to have…
Communiqué de l’OCO: L’OCO a pris connaissance de l’article posté par le blog « Sarawak report » en date du 7 mars 2017 indiquant que l’OCO et son Président, Nicolas Giannakopoulos, auraient incidemment agit au contraire de toute éthique dans l’organisation d’un séminaire consacré à la Gouvernance et la Corruption en Malaisie. L’OCO réfute totalement…
Une procédure a été lancée en Argentine pour savoir si le chef des services secrets a reçu des fonds suspects liés au scandale Petrobras sur un compte de Credit Suisse. La tentaculaire enquête “Lava Jato” sur la corruption entourant le groupe brésilien Petrobras, qui entache la place financière suisse, connaît un nouveau volet helvétique. A…
The following paper was originally produced as a submission of the Organized Crime Observatory, Geneva, to the European Commission. Excerpt: [The inception impact assessment (IIA) is ill-conceived, not grounded on firm empirical evidence and harmful to both crime control and the legitimate interests and rights of the EU citizens. The action under discussion is presented…
On 30 November 2016, after more than four years of investigation, the Public Prosecutor’s Office Verden and the Lüneburg Police (Germany) in close cooperation with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Department of Justice and the FBI, Europol, Eurojust and global partners, dismantled an international criminal infrastructure platform known…
Depuis la publication en 2015 de son rapport concernant les problématiques actuelles en Ukraine, l’OCO continue de suivre activement l’évolution de la situation. Au cours de l’année 2016, plusieurs évènements se sont passés concernant, de près plutôt que de loin, les thèmes de la lutte contre la corruption et de la gestion des biens de…
Following the concerns raised in Malaysia regarding the prevalence of crony capitalism and favoritism, OCO has announced its decision to launch an independent investigation of the matter. The investigation is aimed to map out these mechanisms and loopholes that fuel them, and offer structural and systemic solutions in order to rectify the political system’s ailments. OCO stated today…
