Africa: Should the UN Be Doing More to Fight Organized Crime?

The globalization of organized crime poses a growing threat to fragile states that lack the ability to resist it, putting pressure on the UN to find solutions.

A recently-released report entitled The Elephant in the Room, part of the New York-based International Peace Institute's Peace Without Crime series, argues that "crime has become a serious threat in almost every theater where the UN has peace operations."

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