A new briefing paper released by UNICRI, the Nature Crime Alliance and the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition sheds light on the key challenges facing investigative journalists reporting on environmental crime worldwide — and outlines practical recommendations to strengthen the field.

Countries across the Gulf region strengthened their capacity to investigate and prosecute CBRN crimes through a multidisciplinary training hosted by the UAE, implemented with the financial support of the European Union through the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence Initiative, to enhance preparedness, cooperation and judicial responses to complex CBRN risks.

Addressing CBRN Risks in the Gulf Region

The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) convened an expert briefing entitled “Checkpoint Reached: The Prevention of Violent Extremism and Online Gaming” at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It was organized in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations and the Department of Home Affairs of Australia. 

The expert briefing Checkpoint Reached: The Prevention of Violent Extremism and Online Gaming is jointly organized by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, the Department of Home Affairs of Australia, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).

The event will convene experts from with the UN, academia and private sector to examine how online gaming ecosystems intersect with violent extremism, and how these spaces can be proactively leveraged for prevention.