UNICRI launched its new report, Crime-Proofing the Future: Safeguarding Sustainability Transitions, at an event co-organized with the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) in Brussels.
Effective international cooperation is essential to investigating transnational crime, combating corruption and recovering assets linked to illicit activities. Yet, differences in national legal systems, procedural requirements and institutional frameworks can create significant challenges for authorities seeking assistance across borders.
Proliferation networks can exploit legitimate trade, financial transactions and complex commercial arrangements to acquire sensitive goods and technologies. Identifying the financial flows behind these activities is critical to disrupting illicit networks and preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Fifty criminal justice practitioners from the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine successfully completed the training course "Building a Case for the Prosecution of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Crimes" held in Chișinău from 2 to 6 November 2026. The course was organized by the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) as part of the THEMIS project, co-funded by the Governments of Canada and Norway.
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) organised a capacity-building workshop from 27 to 29 October 2026 in Aïoun El Atrouss, Hodh El Gharbi, one of Mauritania's most remote regions, to strengthen local capacities to identify and address interconnected risks related to climate change and violent extremism.
Sustainability transitions are essential to addressing climate change, environmental degradation and long-term development challenges. At the same time, the expansion of transition-related investments, regulations, infrastructure and markets can increase exposure to criminal exploitation, including corruption, fraud, illicit trade, theft, sabotage and regulatory circumvention.
The 11th edition of Italy’s Anti-Counterfeiting Week (“Settimana Anticontraffazione”), organized by the Directorate-General for Industrial Property – Italian Patent and Trademark Office of the
