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  1. “In conclusion, efforts to crack down on transnational organized crime will have limited effects if they do not also seriously address the demand-side factors that encourage transnational illicit markets to thrive in the first place.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  2. “International cooperation on the issue has increased in recent years but could be substantially improved, partly because it has been difficult for some Governments, particularly democratic and more authoritarian Governments, to cooperate on certain features of transnational organized crime. Reducing the demand for goods and services from illicit markets is also vital. The decriminalization of some illegal flows, such as certain types of drugs, may help to reduce transnational organized crime. Likewise, paying attention to the ways in which immigration policies incentivize human smuggling may help to address trafficking, which thrives in the context of highly restrictive immigration and asylum regimes.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  3. “In parts of the Balkans, Latin America and other regions, some Government officials allegedly have collusive relationships with organized crime, blurring the very boundaries between the State and illicit actors. Transnational organized crime also undermines democracy by reducing trust among citizens in democratic governance itself and increasing support for authoritarian rule. Effective responses to the challenge of transnational organized crime require both supply- side and demand-side approaches, because the fact is that transnational organized crime is a set of markets that have both supply and demand components. On the supply side, a coordinated approach across Governments is essential for tracking criminal organizations and ultimately curbing their activities and holding them to account.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  4. “The major indirect effects of transnational organized crime on democracy include its impact on the rule of law, declining mass support for democracy and reduced social and political trust in general. With respect to the rule of law, Government responses to organized crime have often entailed the militarization of local law enforcement or even the use of the army to run domestic policing operations. Such practices can undermine key elements of democracy, such as due process and the protection of human rights. Real and perceived violent threats from criminal organizations reduce constraints on the use of torture by Government agencies.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  5. “Criminal organizations are also wary of party alternation, which can lead to shifts in security policies that jeopardize their operations. Criminal organizations intervene in politics by using violence to target politicians and candidates who threaten their interests. In Mexico, hundreds of politicians have been victims of so-called narco assassinations. In Italy, the Mafia has used violence to reduce the efforts by State officials and politicians to rein in its activities. And more generally, criminal groups use violence to suppress the spread of information about their activities. The Committee to Protect Journalists has pointed out that criminal organizations are responsible for a large number of murders of journalists who are covering their activities.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  6. “Survey data shows that organized crime unsurprisingly increases fear among citizens. In 2021, nearly half of all people across Latin America reported that they felt unsafe in their neighbourhoods. Rates of reported insecurity are even higher among women, young people and low- income citizens. Threats to democracy are a second consequence of transnational organized crime, with both direct and indirect ramifications for democracy. The direct effects include reduced voter turnout, threats to freedom of speech and the press and targeted assassinations of politicians and political candidates. In areas with organized criminal groups, criminal gangs view voting and other forms of political engagement as a threat to their survival, which is an incentive for them to deter, surveil and punish citizens who participate in politics.”

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  7. “In fact, a public health study in Mexico found that life expectancy at birth had actually declined in the first decade of the twenty-first century as a result of homicides. The aggregate rate of homicides has dipped slightly in Latin America in recent years, but some countries in the region, such as Ecuador, Chile and Haiti, have exhibited extremely high increases. Some forms of organized crime are highly gendered, with women and girls accounting for almost 75 per cent of all victims of human trafficking. Over half of all forms of trafficking are related to sexual exploitation, which almost entirely targets women and girls. Other forms, such as forced labour and the illegal trade in organs, disproportionately affect men. Transnational organized crime contributes to the widespread perception of rising insecurity.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  8. “Today money laundering has evolved dramatically, with electronic money transferring systems and integrated financial markets. Criminal organizations have even harnessed basic technologies to their benefit, such as three-dimensional printing and drones, to create weapons and to facilitate surveillance. Advances in Internet technologies have led to an explosion of cybercrime that has global ramifications. Transnational organized crime has significant consequences for the health and well-being of people across the world and for the political systems and economies that shape their lives. Perhaps the most obvious consequence is violence. Nowhere is that more apparent than in Latin America, which stands out as the global region with the highest number of homicides in the world.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  9. “Cross- border areas such as the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the Great Lakes region in sub-Saharan Africa, the tri- border area shared by Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, the United States-Mexico border, the Golden Triangle and others are key nodes through which illicit goods and people pass. Insurgents operating in those zones have diversified into various streams of organized crime to generate revenue for their activities. Some subnational regions are effectively governed by criminal organizations. Technological developments have dramatically altered the nature of transnational organized crime today. Illicit markets and counterfeit products, industrial waste and human organs are some examples of newer types of flows. New technologies have transformed old forms of criminal activities.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  10. “However, certain criminal markets appear to be rising. Trade in types of illegal wildlife has increased, as have drug production and smuggling. Measures of drug consumption rates, production and cultivation rates and seizures of illegal drugs point to a sharp spike in illicit drug markets. Transnational organized crime has spread geographically, with Europe showing the greatest increase and Asia featuring the highest aggregate presence of criminal organizations. Areas with weaker governance and conflict-affected areas are especially likely to host production and transit zones.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source

  11. “Ms. Cammett: I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important meeting. Transnational organized crime encompasses a variety of markets, such as human trafficking and smuggling; illegal trade in flora, fauna and counterfeit goods; drug production and smuggling; arms trafficking; financial and cybercrimes; and other illicit flows. Key actors include hacking groups, gangs, drug cartels, pirates, traffickers, mafia organizations and armed non-State actors. Often, the same actor is involved in multiple types of illicit markets. Sometimes, State agencies and State officials themselves are involved with criminal organizations. Transnational organized crime is not new. Some indicators, such as homicide rates, suggest that, in the aggregate, certain forms of crime are either decreasing or have remained flat in some regions.”

    2023-12-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9497 (2023) · source