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Tuesday Reitano, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, addresses the Security Council meeting on United Nations peacekeeping operations. 6 November 2018.
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International crime gangs amass ‘staggering’ profits in conflict zones, expert tells Security Council

During a Tuesday briefing to the Security Council, Tuesday Reitano, Deputy Director of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, described the problem as a “global and accelerating phenomenon, and a threat to international peace and security,” that, in conflict areas alone, is generating around $31.5 billion in illicit profits.

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