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Links to Research and Information on TraCCC Issues
Corruption
Money Laundering
Transnational Organized Crime
Human Trafficking
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Corruption Links
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Corruption
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contains recent media coverage of acts of corruption in
Africa, the Americas, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe,
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to recent books, journal articles, conferences, and, of
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Economic and Social Studies Foundation (in English
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The regional public foundation "Computer
Science for Democracy" (IDEM Foundation) (Russian, English)
The goal of the IDEM Foundation is to contribute to the development of democratic
institutions in Russia through advancements in political sociology, political
science, psychology, information process engineering methodologies, as well
as by disseminating information about the operations of these organizations.
- Anti-Corruption
Site specifically for Russians (Russian).
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Money
Laundering Links
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- Financial
Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FAFT) was established
by the G-7 Summit in Paris in 1989 to examine measures
to combat money laundering.
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Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) is located within
the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It supports law
enforcement investigations and promotes interagency and
international cooperation against financial crimes. Its
analytic components provide U.S. policy makers with information
concerning money laundering developments and trends.
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United
Nation's Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention has
an active program against money laundering known as the
Global Programme against Money Laundering (GPML). Through
GPML, the United Nations assists member-states on developing
legislation against money laundering and to develop and
maintain appropriate mechanisms. It promotes anti-money
laundering policy development, monitors and analyses
the problems and responses, raises public awareness about
money laundering, and acts as a coordinator of joint
anti-money laundering initiatives by the United Nations
with other international organizations.
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United
States Comptroller of the Currency issued Banker's
Guide to Avoiding Problems in connection with money
laundering. It outlines relevant legislation, regulations,
international cooperative efforts and describes money laundering
schemes.
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United
States Department of State publishes a journal called "Economic
Perspectives", the May
2001 issue of which is devoted to the fight against
money laundering. It consists on articles by various authors
including a number of senior government officials.
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The
Hawala System and its role in shadow economy money transfers
Events
/ Statements -- Financial Crimes
Government
Efforts
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Institute
for Security Technology Studies
Institute Studies threats to computer information systems
and technologies of Ukraine, and seeks appropriate and effective
preparedness, response, and actions against cyber crime -
including training and partnership.
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Articles
of Interest: End of Ordinary Money by J. Orlin Grabbe , Part
I , Part
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Transnational
Organized Crime Links
Asian Organized Crime
Southeastern
European Organized Crime
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Task
Force on Organized Crime in the Baltic Region
Such co-operation was at first established at the Baltic Sea Conference
on Combating International Crime in 1993. The Task Force includes all the
countries around the Baltic, which are represented by personal representatives
of the Heads of Government, and the European Commission, EUROPOL, INTERPOL
and The World Customs Organisation have been given status as observers
Western
European Organized Crime
Eurasian
Organized Crime
North
American Organized Crime
Other
Organized Crime
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Human
Trafficking Links
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Limanowska,
Barbara. Trafficking
in Human Beings in Southeastern Europe: Current Situation
and Responses to Trafficking in Human Beings in Albania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Moldova and Romania. UNICEF, 2005
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The
International Organization for Migration
An intergovernmental migration organization that has identified combating
trafficking in women as one of its priority action areas. Its efforts are
aimed at countering all human trafficking, and the site includes documented
reports and other relevant publications. This organization's primary commitment
is to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migration
and society.
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U.S.
Department of State: Global Issues
A gateway to international information on programs against
trafficking in persons conducted and funded by the U.S.
government and its separate
agencies. Site includes a link to related U.S. initiatives, documents and
reports conducted by U.S. government and non-governmental agencies. The
U.S. Department of State document on "Trafficking in Women and Children:
The U.S. and International Response" gives an overview of the problem and
discusses the definition of trafficking in persons, the scope of the problem
worldwide, the causes for the rise in trafficking, the characteristics
of traffickers and how they acquire their victims, regional trends, and
the state of trafficking in the United States.
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Amy
O'Neill Richard's Report on the International Trafficking
of Women and Organized Crime, dated November 1999
(PDF).
An intelligence monograph written for the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA). This work thoroughly describes forms of
trafficking of women to the U.S.
in unprecedented detail and from a broad range of viewpoints. The research
strongly supports the claim that trafficking has "increasing profit potential
with low risk of penalties." Furthermore, the report highlights the complexity
of individual trafficking cases and the multiple offences involved.
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United
Kingdom Home Office, Stopping
Traffic: Exploring the extent of, and responses to, trafficking
in women for sexual exploitation in the U.K (PDF).
This document presents the findings of research that explored the nature
and extent of trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation
in the U.K. The document also examines the U.K.'s response to this problem.
It provides a definition of trafficking in women and suggests frameworks
for understanding the nature and extent of trafficking in women for the
purpose of sexual exploitation. This report outlines the legal and policy
framework in which trafficking is currently addressed in the U.K, provides
information on the scale of the trafficking problem in the U.K., examines
law enforcement responses to trafficking, and discusses changes that need
to take place in order to place trafficking at the forefront of policing
and public policy.
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United
Nation's Development Fund for Women
The UNDP focuses on gender equality policy, dialogue
and practice, and promotes the empowerment of women.
The site has a library of resource to
other related UN sites, including the UNDP's site for the 5-year review
of the Beijing Platform for Action. Entitled "Women 2000: Gender Equality,
Development and Peace for the Twenty-First Century", the "Beijing Plus
5 Review.
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United
Nation's Crime and Justice Research Institute
The Centre for International Crime Prevention (CICP) is the United Nations
office responsible for crime prevention, criminal justice and criminal
law reform. It also conducts a global program against trafficking in human
beings. Documents on this site include the United Nations Protocol to Prevent,
Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children,
which supplements the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime (2000).
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TRANSCRIME,
University of Trento, Italy
A European Research Institute for the study of transnational organized
crime. Transcrime conducts research and engages in projects studying the
trafficking of human beings. The site posts the Institute's working papers
and lists current research activities of its associates and students.
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Coalition
to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST)
CAST is an alliance of nonprofit service providers, grassroots advocacy
groups and activists dedicated to providing human services and human rights
advocacy to victims of modern-day slavery. CAST was founded in 1998 in
the aftermath of the El Monte sweatshop case. CAST's mission is to assist
persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery-like practices
and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations.
CAST is the only organization of its kind in the United States operating
to comprehensively address all aspects of the trafficking of persons.
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The
Protection Project
A research project to gather and disseminate information regarding the
national and international legislation protecting women and children from
commercial sexual exploitation. Contains a collection of data from governments,
intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), housing the following databases: Human Rights Reports, Laws, Survivor
Stories, Comparative Legal Charts, and Maps.
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Amnesty
International Women's Human Rights
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty
International campaigns for particular international issues including protection
and promotion of human rights, including human rights abuses of trafficked
women. Activities include public demonstrations, letter writing, human
rights education, fundraising concerts, individual appeals on a particular
case, and global campaigns on specific issues. This site offers country-specific
reports, issue reports and position papers as well as news services on
related international women's issues.
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Donna
M. Hughes, University of Rhode Island; Russian version
Donna M. Hughes does research and writing on violence against women, global
sexual exploitation, and women's organized resistance to violence. She
also works on issues related to women, science and technology. Some of
her publications are posted on this website, along with links to other
governmental and non-governmental Internet resources, and a connecting
site dedicated to documenting the developments of the Trafficking in Women
from Ukraine Research Project: U.S.-Ukraine Research Partnership.
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National
Crime and Justice Reference Service
NCJRS is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around
the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice
related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. This site offers
a range of services and resources, balancing the information needs of the
field with the technological means to receive and access support. It also
includes information on grant funding opportunities.
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Captive
Daughters
A non-profit organization dedicated to ending the sex trafficking of children,
with special emphasis on girls.
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Crossing
Borders Against Trafficking in Women and Girls (.rtf)
Trafficking in women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation in
the form of prostitution, pornography, escorts, and such is a growing phenomenon
in Europe and throughout the world. As a result of poverty and limited
work opportunities, young women from the Third World, and increasingly,
from Eastern Europe, leave their countries in search of work. These women
become prey to traffickers who promise such work as dancing or hostessing.
Instead, these women end up living in slave-like conditions, under the
full control of the profiteer/pimp.
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Factbook
on Global Sexual Exploitation
The Factbook on Global Sexual Exploitation was compiled
by Donna M. Hughes, Laura Joy Sporcic, Nadine Z. Mendelsohn,
Vanessa Chirgwin, of the Coalition
Against Trafficking in Women from media, non-governmental organization
and government reports in 1999. It is an initial effort to collect facts,
statistics and known cases on global sexual exploitation. Information is
organized into four categories: Trafficking, Prostitution, Pornography,
and Organized and Institutionalized Sexual Exploitation and Violence. Sources
were not contacted to verify information. This project was made possible
with the support of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode
Island and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Norway.
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Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
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Guide
to the New UN Protocol (PDF)
Protocol to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons, especially
women and children, supplementing the UN Convention Against Transnational
Organized Crime. Janice G. Raymond, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.
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Illegal
Immigration and Commercial Sex: the New Slave Trade
Book edited by Phil Williams. Contents: Human commodity trafficking; illegal
migration: personal tragedies, social problems, or national security threats;
Capitalizing on transition economies: the role of the Russian mafiya in
trafficking women for forced prostitution; Trafficking in people in Thailand;
Organized crime and trafficking in women from Eastern Europe in the Netherlands;
and Prostitution and the mafia: the involvement of organized crime in the
global sex trade among other related articles.
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Traffic: Exploring the Extent of, and Responses to, Trafficking
in Women for Sexual Exploitation in the UK (PDF) Prepared
by Liz Kelly and Linda Regan for the Home Office, Policing
and Reducing Crime Unit, 2000. Police research series paper
no. 125.
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Trafficking
and Sexual Exploitation on the Internet
This article explores the dangers of trafficking and sexual exploitation
on the Internet. Different types of sexual exploitation are listed and
described: bride trafficking, sex tours, promotion and exchange of information
(i.e. where to buy a prostitute), and live conferencing. This article shows
how new technology, such as the Internet, is used as a means of promoting
global trafficking and sexual exploitation against women. Article by Donna
M. Hughes, The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, appearing in Feminsta!
Online Journal of Feminist Construction no. 8, vol. 1.
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Trafficking
of Migrants As It Affects Panama 1996
Compiling and analyzing information from the media, governments, inter-governmental
and non-governmental organizations, Trafficking in Migrants aims at improving
the exchange of information on migrant trafficking. Published quarterly
by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Trafficking in Migrants
includes sections on trends, policies, meetings, publications, and networking
activities.
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Trafficking
in Women to Austria for Sexual Exploitation (PDF)
This study describes how women are trafficked to Austria from Central and
Eastern European Countries. It also examines legal issues related to both
prostitution and trafficking in Austria, and highlights the need for a
coordinated strategy to combat illegal trade of women in a country where
prostitution is a legal and taxable source of income.
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Trafficking
in Women to Italy for Sexual Exploitation (PDF)
This study examines the growing problem of trafficking in women to Italy.
Based on interviews with victims of trafficking and with experts and social
workers, the study describes the ways in which these women are recruited
and transported to Italy, and the methods which are used to control and
exploit them, as well as the role played by traffickers. Prepared by the
International Organization for Migration. June 1996.
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Trafficking
of NIS Women Abroad
An International Conference in Moscow 3-5 November 1997 Conference Report
prepared by the Global Survival Network in collaboration with The International
League for Human Rights.
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United
Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
Trafficking In Human Beings
Trafficking in human beings is the recruitment, transportation, transfer,
harboring, or receipt of persons, by means of force or the threat of force.
It may also involve abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or the
giving and receiving of payments for the purposes of sexual exploitation,
forced labour, slavery-like practices, servitude or the removal of organs.
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Vital
Voices is a global partnership that supports women's
progress in building democracies, strong economies and
peace. The NGO is very active in connecting women fighting
trafficking worldwide
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Women's
Human Rights Resources: Slavery and Trafficking
While the sexual exploitation of women and girls is certainly not a new
phenomenon, the world is witnessing a rise in the slavery and trafficking
of women and girls. This increasing commodification ofwomen and young girls
is the result of their deepening poverty and deprivation. This section
of the site contains materials that define the problem as well as those
that identify the relevant international prohibitions against slavery and
trafficking. A compilation by the University of Toronto, Bora Laskin Law
Library.
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Kyrgyz
Sex Trade Flourishes
Report from the Institute for War & Peace Reporting,
June 1, 2001, regarding the trafficking of women and
children from Kyrgyzstan.
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Terrorism Links
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The
Terrorism Research Center
Founded
in 1996, the Terrorism Research Center, Inc. (TRC) is an independent
institute dedicated to the research of terrorism, information
warfare, critical infrastructure protection and other issues
of low-intensity political violence and gray-area phenomena.
TRC maintains a network of terrorism and information warfare
specialists drawn from industry, government, and academia in
the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Argentina, France,
and Australia.
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