Sentences with phrase «illicit trafficking in»

As Cyprus prepares for its presidency of the Council of Europe, which promotes human rights, high on the agenda is combating illicit trafficking in cultural property.

Dr. Hilgert is the coordinator of ILLICID, the national research alliance focusing on illicit trafficking in cultural property from Iraq and Syria in Germany, and director of the Center for Digital Cultural Heritage in Museums at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.

Tanoa is also believed to be a hub of illicit trafficking in the Pacific, but no formal charges have ever been raised.

The Qaeda North Africa affiliate is now considered one of the best armed and wealthiest of the Qaeda franchises across the world, largely because of millions of dollars gained in kidnapping ransoms, drug proceeds and illicit trafficking in fuel and tobacco, General Ham said.

In November 2005 the Act was amended to allow Canada to implement its obligations concerning illicit traffic in cultural property under both Protocols.

Not exact matches

Critics will likely welcome the current decline in international adoptions, citing concerns that foreign adoptions remove children from their «birth culture», exploit poor birth mothers and enable illicit child trafficking.

He recalled that in the one case that perhaps came closest — the show - trial conviction of several influential military and intelligence officers for drug trafficking and other crimes in 1989 — there was even some circumstantial evidence that the illicit activities had been tolerated by superiors.

The «modern technology services» discussed in the report point to cryptocurrencies and their usage to launder money derived from the illicit trade of firearms, drugs, human trafficking, and other organized crime.

Proponents of Section 230 warn it could open up a Pandora's box of threats to internet freedom and actually have the opposite effect of what is intended, in the case of the sex trafficking bill pushing illicit activity into even darker corners of the internet.

The paramount crime issue in the source zone is the production of illicit narcotics, followed by money laundering, alien smuggling, illegal weapons trafficking, and human trafficking.

Just as the fifth commandment of the first pentalogue bears a climactic and summary relationship to the four preceding commandments (see comment on 20:12), so this injunctive word against illicit traffic through the mind is sum and climax of the pentalogue in protection of Israel's integrity.

This injunctive word against illicit traffic through the mind is at once sum and climax of the pentalogue in protection of Israel's integrity.

«We do see evidence of international terrorist groups benefitting from... illicit trafficking and money laundering» in South America, he said in written testimony during a March 13 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

Some undercover CNN journalists showed what looked like migrants from West African countries being haggled over as «merchandise» by smugglers operating in what has become a haven for illicit trafficking networks.

The Senate President expressed his readiness and those of his colleagues to look into the amendment of NDLEA Act in order to curb the prevalence of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.

The agency will not relent in the fight against illicit drug production, trafficking and abuse.»

A new study finds that, even in towns along major drug trafficking routes, immigrants use illicit drugs at lower rates than the general U.S. population.

«This is very consistent with data from the [U.S.] Drug Enforcement Administration that shows a great increase in the trafficking and availability of synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl over the past few years,» said lead researcher Christopher Jones, of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The Code calls upon tourists to behave in a responsible and respectful manner towards the visited destination, urging them not to commit any criminal acts and to refrain from all trafficking in illicit drugs, arms, antiques, protected species, products and substances that are dangerous or prohibited by national regulations.

UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon commended this innovative joint initiative between the two partner UN Agencies: «The illegal trade in goods and services often funds unscrupulous people involved in human trafficking, the illicit ivory trade and other areas that cause immense suffering and destruction.

The campaign will encourage tourists to make informed decisions and help reduce demand for trafficking in persons, cultural artefacts, wildlife, fauna and flora such as ivory products, as well as counterfeit goods, and illicit drugs.

Support initiatives to shut down illicit websites globally that traffic in counterfeit goods and facilitate digital theft.

And whether lawyers «are taking responsibility for their role in the funding of terrorism, arms trafficking, mass drug addiction and other ills financed by the transfer of illicit funds».

In reality, trafficking includes any sort of supply of an illicit substance, or a substance held out to be illicit.

This provision means that, even if the substance is not in fact illicit, you can still be charged for trafficking if you represent it as such.

(8) As regards the devastating effects of crime linked to such dealing, the first recital in the preamble to Framework Decision 2004 / 757 / JHA (9) states that illicit drug trafficking poses a threat to health, safety and the quality of life of citizens of the European Union, and to the legal economy, stability and security of the Member States.

9 — Council Framework Decision 2004 / 757 / JHA of 25 October 2004 laying down minimum provisions on the constituent elements of criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking, OJ L 335, p. 8.

The international trade in endangered species is a lucrative business, with some recent estimates putting its worth at up to $ 20 billion annually, making it one of the most profitable international crimes, behind the illegal drug trade, the illicit arms trade, and human trafficking.

Mixed through this we see commitment to dealing with a number of problems: access to justice, violence, exploitation, trafficking and torture of children, illicit financial and arms flows, the recovery and return of stolen assets, organized crime, corruption and bribery in all their forms, legal identity for all, and, of course, terrorism.

The free flow of information about digital currencies implies active use of cryptocurrencies in trafficking illicit drugs, illegal weapons, forged documents, and other criminal activities.»