SHaring Electronic Resources and Laws against Organized Crime Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished delegates, Thank you for allowing me to take a little time this morning/afternoon to present the upcoming Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws against Organized Crime (or Sherloc) knowledge management portal. In its resolution 6/1, entitled Ensuring effective implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, the Conference encouraged UNODC to make use of the technical assistance tools that have been developed, and to continue developing new tools, with a view to improving the capacity of States to implement the Convention and the Protocols thereto, and requested the Office to promote and disseminate such tools and to continue facilitating the exchange of experiences and good practices among practitioners, including through the Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws against Organized Crime knowledge management portal

In response, UNODC has continued to develop SHERLOC in order to facilitate the dissemination of information regarding implementation of the Organized Crime Convention and its 3 protocols. Here you can see the front page of the portal which will serve as the entry point for the three components now under development: The case law database shows how Member States tackle organized crime cases in their courts The database of legislation shows how Member States implement UNTOC and its Protocols in their legislation And the CNA Directory, as you know, lists the competent national authorities designated to receive, respond to and process requests for mutual legal assistance, extradition, transfer of sentenced persons, as well as requests for cooperation to suppress illicit drug trafficking and the smuggling of migrants by sea.

Case Law Database – Search by country Here is what the search page for the case law database looks like. The four tabs towards the top of the page allow users to search by country, keyword, crime type or cross cutting issue (for instance, international cooperation or liability of legal persons). There is also a possibility for full text search in the search box above the tabs. Here the search by country tab is selected and each country appears along side their national flag. Countries that are bolded already have cases included in the database, with the number in parenthesis noting the amount of cases.

Case Law Database – Search by crime type If you wish to search by a specific crime type, that is possible here. We have developed pictorial presentations, or logos, for each crime type, which will help users to quickly identify the types of cases in the search results. I should mention that, as in the Convention, this group of crime types is non-exhaustive and there is a possibility to expand the database as new forms and dimensions of organized crime come to the fore.

Case Law Database – Search Here is what a search results page will look like in the database. The user here has searched on the crime type, trafficking in firearms. The database includes many cases with more than one crime type, and that is indicated across the top tabs. For instance, in our search results here, there are firearms cases that also include drug offences and participation in an organized criminal group. The crime types involved for each individual case are also denoted on the right side. In the middle of the screen is a short description of each case that matched the search criteria. If you click on the case summary, you will get the case detail page. On the left hand side, the cases found are organized by keywords for easy navigation and the number of cases in that category are in parenthesis.

Case Law Database – Cases This slide illustrates what a case detail page looks like in the database. This is an actual case from UNODC’s Digest of Organized Crime cases from Romania. The crime types are located on the left hand side. Here we have cybercrime and participation in an organized criminal group. The keywords, procedural information and all other relevant information regarding the case are shown here.

Database of Legislation – Search by UNTOC Article Moving on to the legislation database, you can see here the search page. Users can search by country, article, crime type or cross cutting issue. The number in parenthesis next to the title of the article shows how many relevant legislations are included in the database.

Database of Legislation – Search Here the user has selected the crime type of participation in an organized criminal group and the countries whose laws are in the database already appear in the middle of the screen. On the left hand side, you can see the search results at a glance, for easy navigation.

Database of Legislation – Legislation Here is the detailed legislation on participation in an organized criminal group of the Russian Federation.

CNA Directory Finally, if you click on the link to open the Directory of Competent National Authorities, you have the option to search by convention and article.

…and more News & Events Newsletter International developments in the fight against organized crime Upcoming UNODC & partner institutions’ events Newly uploaded cases and legislation Newsletter Stay informed about the latest updates SHERLOC will also include a small section on relevant News and Events, and we also plan to start producing a short newsletter to inform users about the latest cases and legislations that have been added to the portal, as well as any other SHERLOC-related developments.

We need your help! You can support the further development of the SHERLOC portal by sending case law and legislation for your national jurisdiction. Ms. Eva Ignatuschtschenko Consultant sherloc@unodc.org +43-1-26060-5472 In order to help grow and develop SHERLOC, we need your help! Cases and new or updated legislations to the email address sherloc@unodc.org are much appreciated! We plan to officially launch SHERLOC at the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in May 2014, so until then, we will be working intensively to make sure the portal is a useful resource for governments, researchers and ordinary citizens that want to learn more about the implementation of the Organized Crime Convention and its Protocols.

Thank you for your attention! For any further information, please contact: UNODC Organized Crime Branch, Conference Support Section Ms. Tejal Jesrani, Crime Prevention Expert or Ms. Eva Ignatuschtschenko, Consultant sherloc@unodc.org Thank you very much for your attention.