1. Providing Technical assistance on data collection on organized crime
Statistics and Survey Section
Studies and Threat Analysis Section

2. Challenges in providing technical assistance on data collection
Operational Definitions
Only what goes through the law enforcement, criminal justice system, or other recording system is normally counted in data collection activities
Human trafficking, smuggling of migrants, participation in organized criminal groups: countries are gradually able to define them and recognize them as crimes to be recorded, but they don’t cover all aspects and all areas
Lack of agreed indicators at international and national level
Some countries and regions are more advanced: the EU for example is discussing a framework based on a set of 25 Money-Laundering indicators
Improving data collection means improving a system:
Political will
Training to understand why and what to change
Training of all the entities involved in the system
Technical and financial resources needed for a comprehensive process

3. Challenges in providing technical assistance on data collection
Data collection on organized crime can be improved by improving data on conventional crimes
Example: Percentage of unsolved homicides
Data on homicides
Recording system for following the process of cases

4. Challenges in providing technical assistance on data collection
Data collection on organized crime can be improved by improving data on conventional crimes

5. Approaches to improve data collection on OC
Improving data on conventional crimes
Coverage
Disaggregation to better understand those crimes that can be linked to OC
Improving the definition of OC related indicators
Incorporating changes in the recording system to better identify OC-related crimes

6. UNODC Technical Support
UNODC provides technical support in the development of systems of crime and criminal justice statistics, including OC where countries identify it as a priority.

7. UNODC Technical Support
Currently providing assistance to the Balkan countries
The project involves:
assessment
development of regional indicators
and guidelines
- training for the development of crime
and criminal justice statistics systems.

8. The way forward in international monitoring on TIP
UNODC/UN.GIFT Global Report on Trafficking in Persons;
Published in February 2009, allowed for the first time an analysis
of trafficking flows, patterns and trends for 155 countries.
Periodical Global Reports will be based on a systematic
data collection of core indicators a national level;
The criminal justice response
Number of persons against whom prosecution was commenced for “trafficking in
persons” by gender, citizenship, and year.
Number of persons convicted at first instance for “trafficking in persons” by gender, type of exploitation committed and year.
The victim services
Number of persons identified by State authorities as Victims of Trafficking in Persons by age, gender, citizenship, type of exploitation suffered and year.
Number of persons identified by State authorities as Victims of Trafficking in Persons who were officially returned from other countries, by returning countries and year.
Indicators on the dark number
data on the economics of the crime
Hidden population
Population at risk
Developing this monitoring capacity could draw on the experience UNODC has gathered in researching this report.
Based on this experience, it would be important to determine which types of information could be collected at the international level for statistical purposes. In principle, four headings are relevant for gathering information on trafficking in persons. 8

9. International Data collection on OC
United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS)
Under revision (ECOSOC Resolution 2009/25)
Modular approach
2009 data collection on TIP
Module on Organized Crime?