Category: crime
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FIRST-EVER GLOBAL ORGANIZED CRIME INDEX REVEALS THAT 80% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION LIVE IN COUNTRIES WITH HIGH LEVELS OF CRIMINALITY.
Unique tool offers pioneering overview of illicit economies and provides original basis for measuring vulnerability and resilience to organized crime for all UN member states.  Geneva, Switzerland – 28 September 2021: In recent years, there have been indications that the scope, scale and impact of organized crime has been growing around the world. But…
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Underage Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSEC) Battle a Long Winding, Tough Road to Justice
A recent Free A Girl – TISS report identifies top ‘procedural recommendations’ for positive outcomes in CSEC cases in India Free A Girl, an international organisation dedicated to rescue young girls from forced prostitution, has commissioned an in-depth study and analysis in association with The Tata Institute of Social Sciences which reveals that CSEC cases in India…
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ON THE HUNT FOR PORCH PIRATES
It’s been a while since I was this riled up enough by a news story that I had to write something about it. Recently, CBS This Morning aired a report about what are called Porch Pirates, people who steal packages that delivered to residences. It’s something that has occurred more frequently over the past few…