The launch of the OCIndex 2023

Building upon the inaugural 2021 edition of the Global Organized Crime Index and taking advantage of an expanded wealth of information, this second edition is able to make a comparative analysis of changes in illicit economies and in terms of resilience over the past two years. This year’s assessment boasts a broader scope with five new criminal markets covered under the Index, including financial and cyber-dependent crimes and an additional criminal actor type. The newly-added indicators make up for a more comprehensive and accurate assessment of organized crime–resilience dynamics across all 193 UN member states. This allows for a better understanding of the organized crime phenomenon on a national and regional scale, enabling stakeholders to better plan and measure anti-organized crime approaches.

As the world slowly returned to a ‘new normal’ in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the latent political tensions, environmental crises and economic stresses that seemed to take a back seat to the once immediate health emergency resurfaced. These revealed a more fractured world than ever before and created a perfect storm for illicit economies to flourish. Against this backdrop, the results of the upcoming 2023 Index demonstrate that organized crime remains an issue of a sizeable magnitude, posing equal threat to both developed and developing states. Join the panel of experts to discuss the results of the 2023 Index as well as their implications on a fractured world. 

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