The expert briefing Checkpoint Reached: The Prevention of Violent Extremism and Online Gaming is jointly organized by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, the Department of Home Affairs of Australia, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT).

The event will convene experts from with the UN, academia and private sector to examine how online gaming ecosystems intersect with violent extremism, and how these spaces can be proactively leveraged for prevention.

Hidden Links: Facilitating Criminal Activities While Exploiting E-Commerce highlights an emerging challenge in the fight against online counterfeiting. As e-commerce platforms continue to expand, they have also become attractive environments for criminal actors seeking to exploit gaps in digital marketplaces.

International Day of Education 2026

In the context of the International Day of Education 2026, the Centro Sportivo Italiano (CSI) of Reggio Calabria is promoting a week of decentralised events involving the areas of Reggio Calabria, San Luca and Gioia Tauro.

As environmental crime continues to escalate globally, causing severe and often irreversible harm to ecosystems, biodiversity and human health, while undermining governance and the rule of law, the European Union has adopted Directive (EU) 2024/1203 on the protection of the environment through criminal law, significantly strengthening the legal framework for the prevention and prosecution of environmental offences