Conflict zones provide organized crime gangs with billions of illicit profit every year: crime expert
Transnational crime is a growing risk that is posing a major challenge to police forces, including UN Police, and conflict zones provide the opportunity for organized crime to make profits estimated at over $30 billion every year.
During UN Police Week, Conor Lennon from UN News met with Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Crime, which was set up in 2013 to help the UN, and other multilateral organizations, to improve their strategies for combatting this emerging and dangerous phenomenon.