• UGI USER
  • May 20, 2024
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“TARGETING ORGANIZED CRIME PROFITS CRUCIAL FOR GLOBAL SECURITY AND STABILITY.”

Why in the news?

  • Heads of FATF, Interpol, and UNODC stress targeting illicit profits of transnational organized crime.
  • Focus on preventing funds from facilitating conflicts, terrorism, and harming vulnerable populations.
  • Issue raised at the 33rd Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna.
  • Leaders emphasize that reducing criminal profits aligns with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda goals.
source:scribd

About Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice:

  • Established: By ECOSOC resolution 1992.
  • Role: Principal UN body for crime prevention and justice policymaking.
  • Mandates: Combat crime, improve justice systems, and facilitate international cooperation.
  • Meetings: Annual sessions, intersessional meetings, and reconvened sessions for budget matters.
  • Expanded Mandates: GA resolution (2006) includes UNODC governance and budget approval.
  • Crime Congresses: Preparatory body; transmits declarations to GA for endorsement.
About United Nations office on drug and crime(UNODC):

  • Global fight against illicit drugs, international crime, and terrorism.
  • Established: 1997 merger of UN Drug Control Programme and Centre for International Crime Prevention.
  • Functions: Educate on drug abuse dangers, combat illicit drug production/trafficking, improve crime prevention, reform criminal justice, fight transnational crime/corruption.
  • Terrorism Prevention: Expanded programme (2002) assists States with legal instruments against terrorism.
  • Funding: Relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from governments.
  • Headquarters: Vienna, Austria.