This discussion document is based on the fifth webinar in a series of Blue Justice Forum webinars facilitated by the Blue Justice Initiative Secretariat in conjunction with the UNDP Blue Resilience project. The theme for the webinar was the ‘Maritime
This discussion document is based on a webinar as part of the Blue Justice Forum webinar series, facilitated by the Blue Justice Initiative Secretariat in conjunction with the UNDP Blue Resilience project. The theme for the webinar was the ‘Stretching
This discussion document is based on the third in a series of Blue Justice Forum webinars facilitated by the Blue Justice Initiative Secretariat in conjunction with the UNDP Blue Resilience project and co-hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry
This discussion document is based on the second in a series of Blue Justice Forum webinars facilitated by the Blue Justice Initiative Secretariat in conjunction with the UNDP Blue Resilience project and co-hosted by the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI).
This discussion document is based on a webinar first in a series of Blue Justice Forum webinars facilitated by the Blue Justice Initiative Secretariat in conjunction with the UNDP Blue Resilience project. The theme for the webinar was ‘How do
Organised crime in the fisheries sector is an often-overlooked barrier to securing a sustainable ocean economy, despite threatening coastal states’ food security, fostering human rights abuses and diverting government revenue to the shadow blue economy. This Blue Paper spotlights the
The webinar was the first in a series of planned webinars under the Blue Justice Initiative spotlighting particular themes pertaining to organized crime in the fisheries sector. The theme for this webinar was the implications of Covid-19 on fisheries crime
The global fishing industry is made up of a complex net of activities, actors and authorities spread across multiple countries and jurisdictions. The sheer complexity brings with it regulatory and enforcement challenges, and provides numerous opportunities for criminals to break
The Large Ocean Nations Forum on Transnational Organised Fisheries Crime was launched at the UN City in Copenhagen on 15 October 2018. The forum was hosted by PescaDOLUS in cooperation with the Faroese Ministry of Fisheries, the Norwegian Ministry of
What are the impacts of flags of convenience and secrecy to the global effort to curb fisheries crime? In monetary terms, crimes in the fisheries sector – fisheries crime – are vastly profitable. A conservative estimate is that as much