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"...For the next 12 weeks, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) will publish a weekly #COVIDCrimeWatch newsletter. Rounding up a selection of news stories from the global press, the newsletter will explore existing and emerging interactions between COVID-19 and the illicit economy. It will also include analysis and investigations drawn from our own GI-TOC field and expert networks....
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Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Crime and Contagion: The Impact of a Pandemic on Organized Crime
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"The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is having profound impacts on society and the economy, and it will also influence and shape organized crime and illicit markets. The institutional response to the pandemic and the consequent reshaping of socio-economic norms worldwide will affect how criminal networks operate, as well as the nature of law-enforcement responses to them"
"The fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic is having profound impacts on society and the economy, and it will also influence and shape organized crime and illicit markets. The institutional response to the pandemic and the consequent reshaping of socio-economic norms worldwide will affect how criminal networks operate, as well as the nature of law-enforcement responses to them"
Coronavirus Transforming Jails Across the Country
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"...Across the country, the coronavirus outbreak is transforming criminal justice in the most transient and turbulent part of the system: local jails. Run mostly by country sheriffs, jails hold an ever-changing assortment of people - those who are awaiting trial and cannot afford to pay bail; those convicted of low-level offences; overflows from crowded prisons."
"...Across the country, the coronavirus outbreak is transforming criminal justice in the most transient and turbulent part of the system: local jails. Run mostly by country sheriffs, jails hold an ever-changing assortment of people - those who are awaiting trial and cannot afford to pay bail; those convicted of low-level offences; overflows from crowded prisons."
Coronavirus: Healthcare and Human Rights of People in Prison
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"At the time of publishing there were more than 164,000* confirmed cases of COVID- 19, the novel form of Coronavirus, affecting 110 countries with more than 6,470 deaths. In this briefing we assess the current situation of COVID-19 outbreaks and prevention measures in prisons** and wider impacts of responses to governments on people in criminal justice systems. This briefing note argues for action to be taken now and immediately, given the risk people in prison are exposed to, including prison staff."
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