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Virginia Comolli
@virginiacomolli.bsky.social
Head of Pacific Programme, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, GI-TOC

#organizedcrime
A great #Pacific-focused initiative by Transparency International New Zealand!
🏝️ I’ll be making an appearance in webinar 2 (28 May), discussing #organizedcrime & how to build #resilience to it from a civil society perspective
🗓️ Sign up for the whole series here: events.humanitix.com/pacific-anti...
Pacific Anti-Corruption Series: Strengthening Transparency, Financial Integrity, and Civil Society Action
A free 3-part webinar series on financial transparency, anti-corruption, and good governance in the Pacific.
events.humanitix.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The #Pacific Islands are on the frontline of #climatechange, but a less appreciated facet of the climate discussion is the nexus between climate change and #organizedcrime.
Here are some of @allymacb.bsky.social‘s and my initial thoughts on the matter.
More to follow…
pireport.org/2025/03/26/t...
The Climate Change Organized Crime Nexus: Building Pacific Resilience
Virginia Comolli and Alastair MacBeath focus on the intersection of organized crime and climate change in the Pacific Islands. As criminal activities rise alongside climate issues, there is a press…
pireport.org
March 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The latest episode in the saga involving the individuals behind the infamous bribery scheme unveiled in 2022 in the Marshall Islands www.occrp.org/en/news/scam...
Scammers Behind Marshall Islands Bribery Scheme Stuck in Philippines Airport After Entry Bans
Two Chinese scammers convicted behind a high-profile Pacific Islands bribery scheme, Cary Yan and Gina Zhou, have been stranded at Manila’s international airport for nearly a week after both Palau and...
www.occrp.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Excited to share our latest brief 'Building resilience: How to counter #organizedcrime in the #Pacific Islands', part of GI-TOC's series on TNOC in the region
🏝️This time we look at responses & argue for a resilience-based approach to complement law enforcement
globalinitiative.net/analysis/tra...
Transnational Organized Crime and the Pacific Islands
The GI-TOC’s Pacific Programme is mapping how organized crime is impacting the Pacific Islands and exploring the different criminal actors driving illicit activities.
globalinitiative.net
February 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pleased to share @bcarreon.bsky.social‘s insights on the nexus btw declining #mediafreedom & transnational #organizedcrime in Asia & Oceania

More on this later this week when we release GI-TOC’s policy brief on building resilience to TOC in the Pacific Islands
globalinitiative.net/analysis/med...
The decline of media freedom undermines resilience to organized crime in Asia and Oceania
In September 2024, Cambodian journalist Mech Dara was arrested on charges of inciting social unrest through what the authorities described as ‘provocative’ and ‘false’ social media posts. Dara, who wo...
globalinitiative.net
February 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As the #HoniaraSummit2025 is underway in #SolomonIslands I’m sharing a useful tool for those working on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

🐟The #IUUFishing Risk Index 🐠 iuufishingindex.net

@fao.org #FFA #SPC

#SustainableFisheries
The Honiara Summit kicks off tomorrow.
The European Union will be represented by Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Charlina Vitcheva.
@bplinkerteu.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM