The Global Programme to Strengthen Capacities of Member States to Prevent and Combat Transnational Organized and Serious Crime (GPTOC) held the side event “From EJN to SEAJust: Strengthening inter-regional cooperation in criminal matters through regional networks” in the margins of the 31st Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), together with the [Read more]
The South East Asia Justice Network (SEAJust) convened online with the European Judicial Network (EJN) for an inter-regional meeting on 14 December 2021. The meeting included members from SEAJust (Thailand, Australia, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Timor-Leste, Vietnam), from EJN (Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain), representatives of ... [Read more]
The South East Asia Justice Network (SEAJust) convened an informal contact point meeting on 17 November 2021. The meeting included criminal justice practitioners from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam, representatives of the Institute for Legal Support and Technical Assistance (ILSTA), the GlobE Network and UNODC. The objective of the meeting was to stimulate better cooperation across the Southeast Asian region and within the SEAJust network. [Read more]
The South East Asia Justice Network (SEAJust) held an Extraordinary Plenary Meeting on 29 July 2021 with the participation of SEAJust contact points from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Viet Nam, and the ASEAN MLAT Secretariat.[Read more]
On 20 May 2021, the UNODC Global Programme on Strengthening Capacities of Member States to Combat and Prevent Transnational Organized and Serious Crime conducted the side event “Towards a Global Network of Regional Judicial Cooperation Networks” on the margins of the 30th Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. The meeting stems from a project introduced in ... [Read more]
The Global Programme for Strengthening Capacities of Member States to Prevent and Combat Transnational Organized and Serious Crime (GPTOC) conducted a special event on the promotion of judicial cooperation networks in the margins of the 14 UN Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Congress electronically on 9 March 2021. The goal of the event was to raise awareness about the operational work of judicial cooperation networks; discuss how to strengthen the connections between them and launch the newly established South East Asia Justice Network [Read more]
The South East Asia Justice Network (SEAJust) convened the First Plenary Meeting with nationally appointed contact points on 9-10 February 2021. Criminal justice practitioners from competent central authorities of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam took part in this event. The overarching goal of the meeting was to vote on the membership of Malaysia and the Philippines, following a previous request submitted by both countries, and discuss the technicalities pertaining to the modus operandi of the network with a view to further enhancing its operationality. [Read more]
On 14 October 2020, the Global Programme for Strengthening Capacities of Member States to Prevent and Combat Transnational Organized & Serious Crime (GPTOC) conducted the side event “Virtual Tour into UNODC networks on international cooperation in criminal matters” on the margins of the Tenth Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). [Read more]
The South East Asia Justice (SEAJust) Network conducted the Regional Meeting on Mutual Legal Assistance on 9-10 September 2020 through videoconferencing. The Meeting was participated by Member Countries of the South East Asia Justice (SEAJust) Network except Brunei Darussalam, and the central authorities of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia ... [Read more]
Covid-19 has demonstrated the agility and adaptability that criminal organizations have when it comes to making profits. The spread of the virus quickly saw an increase in the demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) across the world and organized criminal groups took advantage of this and the gaps in health and criminal justice systems to carry out acts of fraud and sell substandard and falsified medical products ... [Read more]
