Topic: 2025-Combating Transnational Organized Crime
Country: Brazil
Delegate Name: William Monroe
Topic: 2025-Combating Transnational Organized Crime
Country: Brazil
Delegate Name: William Monroe
Brazil, as the largest country in South America and a key regional actor is deeply committed to addressing the multifaceted challenges posed by transnational organized crime. Our country’s expansive borders, location, and economic influence have made it a transit and target point for a variety of criminal activities, including—but not limited to—drug trafficking, arms smuggling, human trafficking, and money laundering. Throughout our time attempting to tackle the issue of transnational organized crime, Brazil has engaged in many different efforts against organized crime, both domestic and international. Domestically, Brazil has passed laws such as Law 12,850/2013, which defines and provides tools to dismantle criminal organizations, and Law 9,613/1998, which targets money laundering. Brazil has also involved our Federal police in matters involving organized crime, as well as establishing the Financial Intelligence Unit to allow for further investigation and prosecution of organized crime. On the international stage, Brazil participates in several multinational initiatives, including the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) as well as participating in regional programs such as MERCOSUR and the South American Council on Citizen Security, Justice, and Coordination of Actions against Transnational Organized Crime. However, several challenges remain in our fight against organized crime. Brazil’s extensive land and maritime borders, shared with ten other countries, complicate enforcement efforts and require sustained cooperation across borders.
Taking inspiration from our previous international experience, Brazil suggests the establishment of a UNODC-led “Global Coalition Against Organized Crime,” bringing together member states, international organizations, and civil society to share intelligence, best practices, and resources. This coalition would also focus on harmonizing legal frameworks to best facilitate prosecution internationally. Shifting aims, Brazil would like to target organized crime from it’s source – it’s finance. Brazil supports the creation of an International Task Force on Financial Crime under the UNODC. This task force would work to track and disrupt illicit financial flows by fostering cooperation among financial intelligence units, banks, and technology companies. Given the increasing prevalence of cyber-enabled crime, Brazil calls for the establishment of a UNODC Cybercrime Training and Resource Center. This center would focus on building up member states with the goal of enabling them to investigate and prosecute cybercrime, with an emphasis on combating crimes such as online fraud, trafficking, and the dark web activities of organized criminal groups. Having witnessed many of the horrors of organized crime within our own borders, Brazil is able to recognize the deep impact that organized crime has on the people of a country affected by organized crime. Therefore, The delegation proposes the creation of a UNODC-administered fund to support victims of human trafficking, forced labor, and other crimes. Additionally, Brazil advocates for programs aimed at strengthening community resilience through education, economic opportunities, and social services in areas most affected by organized crime.
