UNODC – SE4U | Organized Crime and Interagency Cooperation The InterAgency Institute engages with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through the Stakeholder Engagement for the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (SE4U)framework, which promotes the participation of civil society, academia and other non-governmental stakeholders in the implementation and review of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). Within this framework and through engagement with UNODC-related thematic processes and the United Nations Crime Congress, the Institute contributes research, policy analysis and advocacy on transnational organized crime and interagency cooperation, with particular attention to maritime and cross-border environments. Our work examines crime convergence, recognizing that human trafficking, migrant smuggling, drug trafficking, illicit financial flows, arms trafficking and other forms of organized crime increasingly intersect across routes, networks and jurisdictions. The Institute focuses particularly on the institutional and operational challenges created by these intersections and on the mechanisms required for effective cooperation among law enforcement agencies, maritime authorities, border and customs services, judicial institutions, international organizations and civil society. Drawing on expertise from the Global South and Atlantic regions, the InterAgency Institute promotes evidence-based approaches to maritime human trafficking and migrant smuggling, transnational criminal networks, maritime routes and critical infrastructures, interagency coordination, international technical cooperation and capacity-building. Through research, policy dialogue and stakeholder engagement, the Institute seeks to strengthen the connection between academic knowledge, civil society expertise and policy practice, contributing to more integrated responses to transnational organized crime and to the implementation of UNTOC and its Protocols.
