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How COVID-19 restrictions and the economic consequences are likely to impact migrant smuggling and cross-border trafficking in persons to Europe and North America
The unprecedented crisis that COVID-19 has suddenly unleashed upon the world is affecting all aspects of society and is likely to have an effect on the routes and characteristics of both regular and irregular migration. Smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons will also be affected in certain ways by the crisis. Many factors shape the dynamics of these two criminal phenomena, from the international political and security landscape to macro socio-economic dynamics and national law enforcement capacity - all of which have been affected by the global pandemic. The impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, and of the measures adopted by governments to contain it, differ across the globe, and the effects of these measures on smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons are likely to vary from country to country and from region to region.
This Research Brief analyses possible scenarios of how smuggling of migrants and cross-border trafficking in persons are likely to be affected by the COVID-19 crisis along mixed migration routes to two important destination regions: North America and Europe.
[Covid-related-impact-on-SoM-TiP - En]
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018
The Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018 puts the spotlight on human trafficking in armed conflict. Human trafficking is always a crime, committed with the intention to exploit; in conflict situations, characterized by violence, brutality and coercion, traffickers can operate with even greater impunity. Trafficking in armed conflict has taken on horrific dimensions - child soldiers, forced labour, sexual slavery.
This year's Global Report indicates that the overall number of reported trafficking victims has increased. This might mean that more people are being trafficked, but also that national capacities to detect this crime and identify victims are improving in some countries. Increases in trafficking convictions have also been recorded in Asia, the Americas, Africa and the Middle
East, broadly tracking the rise in the number of reported victims.
[Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018.1 - En]
[Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018.2 - En]
The Handbook on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women
This Handbook is a UNODC publication designed to assist police officers by familiarizing them with relevant international laws, norms and standards relating to violence against women and informing them about some promising practical approaches to effective police response to acts of violence against women. It is accompanied by a Training Curriculum for those who are involved in police training and development. The Handbook and the Training Curriculum were translated into Farsi under UNODC Iran's IRNK13 project, "Promotion of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programmes for Female Injecting Drug Users in I. R. of Iran", with generous funding from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [Full Text Handbook - Fa] [Full Text Training Curriculum -Fa]
Gender in the criminal justice system assessment tool
Identifying and understanding the realities of women and men in the community as well as the gender biases that may promote discrimination, limit access to justice and prevent women's full participation in the criminal justice system underpin any assessment of the criminal justice system and should inform all recommendations for technical assistance. Within this framework, UNODC has designed the "Gender in the criminal justice system assessment tool" to help guide the assessment of gender in the criminal justice system.
This document was translated into Farsi under UNODC Iran's IRNK13 project, "Promotion of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programmes for Female Injecting Drug Users in I. R. of Iran", with generous funding from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [Full Text -Fa]
Alternatives to Imprisonment or Intermediate Sanctions
This book is a brief review of the process in which imprisonment has been established and developed in different countries. It is a comprehensive and extensive research on "Alternatives to imprisonment" which has been done by the Institute of Criminal Science and Criminology Research of Tehran University. [Table of Contents & Executive Summary - En]
Controlled Delivery
This research reviews the legal obstacles and enforcement restrictions in Iran, and also proposes ways to institutionalize the methods of "controlled delivery" of narcotic drugs.It investigates the "controlled delivery" as a method of law enforcement cooperation among different countries and considers the possibility of controlled delivery at the national and international levels. [Table of Contents & Conclusions/Recommendations -En]
Money laundering
This book is the compendium of articles presented by experts on transnational organized crime presented on the occasion of "the Anti Money Laundering Seminar", held in 2004 in Shiraz. The experts provided articles focused on inspecting national and international aspects of money laundering and solutions to tackle this crime. [Table of Contents & Introduction -En]
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition in Iranian Criminal Law with Emphasis on Drug-Related Offences
This book reviews the legislation and practical experiences at the international level dealing with the topics of mutual legal assistance and extradition of drug related criminals. It examines Iran's legislation on the topic in light of bilateral / multilateral cooperation, and identifies the possible challenges of the national legislation and the requirements of international cooperation. Experience of other countries in judicial cooperation has also been mentioned in this book. [Table of Contents & Introduction -En]