“The strength of women” By Fatima Masse, courtesy of IMCO The brutal deaths of Fatima Cecilia, Ingrid Escamilla, Isabel Cabanillas and Brenda Josselin are just some recent and known cases of the wave of anti-woman violence that Mexico is experiencing. These crimes continue a growing trend of several years, reaching three daily femicides in […]
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Better late than never: EU gears up to tackle money laundering
“A Major Step Toward Combating Money Laundering in Europe” By Nicolas Véron and Joshua Kirschenbaum, courtesy of the Bruegel Institute The struggle to combat money laundering in Europe took a momentous step forward on November 8 when the finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, and Spain put forward a joint position paper. […]
Organized crime is Europe-wide (and no, it’s not just from you know where)
“Mafia and the market” By Sergio Beraldo, courtesy of IREF Many people share the opinion that Mafia is a typical Italian phenomenon, something about which only Italians should worry. This opinion is wrong. Data recently released by Europol show that thousands of criminal organizations active in Europe can be labelled as of mafia-type, with […]
If AirBnB Doesn’t Act On Criminal Rentals, You Can Bet Congress Will
By Andrew Langer, President, Institute for Liberty When new technologies come to market, there are always unintended consequences. This is certainly true when it comes to new internet applications and services—sometimes unforeseen problems occur, and sometimes these apps can be used in […]