Protecting Victims, Key Actors, Communities and Natural Resources
The Protect pillar places protection at the centre of the response to organized crime. It focuses on ensuring that victims of organized crime receive appropriate protection and support, while strengthening safeguards for individuals whose work contributes to the detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal activity.
This includes the protection of witnesses, whistleblowers, investigative journalists and criminal justice practitioners, alongside measures to safeguard the environment and natural resources from organized criminal exploitation. The pillar therefore extends protection beyond immediate victims to the people, institutions and resources that may be exposed to organized criminal activity or retaliation.
Key Areas:
- Protection of victims of organized crime
- Protection of witnesses and whistleblowers
- Safeguarding investigative journalists and criminal justice practitioners
- Protection of the environment and natural resources
- Collaboration with relevant government institutions and civil society.