Crimeophobia Slams UNODC (India) during the UNHQ Vienna Conference, while Pakistani interested in studying Dhall's UNTOC framework in India

"I had the privilege of speaking at the UN Vienna Conference, during which I highlighted the Crimeophobia Team's dedication to combating transnational organised crime and advocating for civil society, earning acclaim amid diplomatic strains. We criticised UNODC (India) for passivity and manipulation towards Indian Civil Society Organisations and not being interested in UNTOC, while representatives from Pakistan and other countries expressed interest in learning from our work under UNTOC. Our expertise in Security & Legal Audits was recognised for enhancing global security and justice, which apparently scrutinised the Pilot Projects of the UN that determined Crimeophobia from India is almost a decade ahead with its R&D and implementation of Transnational Organised Crime, since others have just started their dialogues. In India, we are preparing for a “Transnational Organised Crime Controlroom” with AI & Big Data capabilities for both Private Sector & Public Sector as Crimeophobia is persistent in its pioneering and legal interventions." - Criminologist Snehil Dhall

Vienna: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) India office faced major criticism at the UNTOC Vienna Conference for its perceived ignorance towards India’s Civil Society Organisations, while Pakistan's civil society organisation officials expressed admiration for Crimeophobia's achievements and expressed strong interest in studying their work in Transnational Organised Crime framework.

During the two-day conference focused on Firearms and dialogue on Civil Society Declaration, Criminologist Snehil Dhall, the Founder of Crimeophobia from India, highlighted the firm's work since 2013, contrasting it with the alleged inaction of UNODC India, which led to the UN HQ not being informed about India's efforts towards UNTOC implementation. Amidst diplomatic tensions over UNODC India's perceived lack of engagement with UNTOC, Crimeophobia stepped up and highlighted Civil Society of India’s initiatives, which were at a much more advanced stage compared to Pilot Projects of Pakistan, Mexico, and Kenya, which received attention during the UN conference.

The founder of Crimeophobia has strongly criticised the United Nations' disregard for India's efforts, emphasising that Crimeophobia had already executed numerous pilot projects on United Nations Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) several years prior. This was presented as evidence of proactive involvement by Indian civil society. In an official statement, Crimeophobia’s representative as Indian Civil Society Organisation, Mr. Dhall, asserted before all attending countries and participants that India is nearly a decade ahead in preparedness. He highlighted that Civil Society Organisations in India are not only ready but are also significantly ahead of schedule, as the United Nations prepares to introduce the Civil Society Declaration, led by a representative from Pakistan.

Despite repeated disagreements showcased by Dhall, the recognition of Crimeophobia's efforts by Pakistan's civil society and others, coupled with the determination of Indian representatives to address the oversight, underscores the significance of civil society engagement in addressing transnational organised crime. He stated, “Just to add to I think what Snehil, with his legal background, as the civil society had to go to the extreme, the highest, the apex court of India in the context of UNTOC Review and get the government to respond to the implementation status. I think it's a great initiative by the civil society of India to explore the judicial fora for this kind of implementation context. This is a very, very interesting case study worth examining.”

While UNODC Vienna reportedly focused only on the efforts of Pakistan, Mexico, and Kenya civil society organisations towards UNTOC Voluntary Pilot Initiatives, Crimeophobia strongly intervened to highlight its comprehensive activities, case studies, events, and even a prosecution model developed against UNTOC. Dhall also emphasized the firm is currently working on establishing a “Transnational Organised Crime Control Room” with Artificial Intelligence and Big Data capabilities, under the supervision of former National Security Council Secretariat advisor Mr. Atul Tripathi on its other Board of Advisors.

Amidst a diplomatic standoff regarding UNODC (India), apparent indifference towards India and its disinterest in UNTOC, Pakistan's counterparts garnered support by claiming to be the first Asian nation to finish their Pilot Project on United Nations Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC). This assertion, however, was challenged by India, represented by Crimeophobia's Founder, who pointed out that India had completed the same project several years earlier. India highlighted this discrepancy, especially considering the collaboration with UNODC's Pakistan office that Pakistan claimed to have achieved while UNODC continues to sleepover.

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The statements from Crimeophobia’s Founder indirectly aimed at India is not just ready with its Government Machineries to takeover a Permanent Security Council seat but even its Civil Society Organisations like Crimeophobia are running very much ahead of what United Nations and other Member States of UNTOC can contemplate. The UN officials realising their India office has been ignorant and one of the represented responded to Mr. Dhall by stating “We won't have the answer, but we will have some responses and some recommendations for what we can do to try and build that understanding.”

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Dhall also highlighted a complete timeline to all the Countries and Experts from Civil Society Organisations that Crimeophobia Team was introduced to UNTOC by the UNDP – Resident Coordinator, Ms. Lise Grande, in the year 2013, immediately after India ratified the Protocols. Since then, through Crimeophobia’s Founder, Criminologist Snehil Dhall, we have been conducting our Research & Development that revealed various relevant data of the Indian Government pertaining to the implementation of UNTOC. Due to jurisdiction complications, by 2016 we were convinced to initiate a Court Case for UNTOC implementation in India which was filed at the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India that acted as a replica of the Review Mechanism. Crimeophobia’s Awareness projects on UNTOC began from 2017 to 2019 in which Indian Defence and Police Forces were provided in various sessions by Crimeophobia’s Founder, Criminologist Snehil Dhall. One such awareness session was conducted in support of the Bureau of Police Research & Development, Government of India, while other events ranged from Youths and other focused groups during regular occasions.

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By 2020, the Hon’ble Court had Ordered an ‘Issue Rule’, which required all Government Ministries/Departments pertaining to the implementation of UNTOC to report their status. In 2021, an ed-tech giant published false information about UNTOC and faced a Police Case filed by Mr. Dhall which separately continues in Indian Courts. Our on-ground practicalities started in the same year in which Crimeophobia’s structural implementation blueprint for UNTOC was formulated for a dedicated UNTOC Control Room with AI & Big Data capabilities. Currently, an offline mode is used for data collection of evidence & witnesses to interlink crimes referred to in UNTOC in a 5000-acre area of Metropolitan Mega City which has a combination of multiple laws, demography, crimes and other aspects required for an online template.

In 2023, a Committee under the State Minister was formed based on the request of Criminologist Snehil Dhall’s reports, having officials of Local Police, Council, District Collector, and other relevant government departments who are stakeholders of the Case Study location towards Transnational Organised Crime implementation practicalities for prosecutions. Although there are no specific prosecution UNTOC protocols, the cases are handled as per relevant legal proceedings on a case-to-case basis. Our overall case study stands at TRL-9 (Technology Readiness Level) towards UNTOC implementation detailing Human Trafficking (Women & Children), Money Laundering, Arms & Ammunition Smuggling and Crimes that affect the Environment.

Drawing from a theoretical framework, Crimeophobia Team has successfully developed and implemented a Battlefield Management System as part of our UNTOC Control Room model, with a diverse Board of Advisors covering essential subject expertise for detection, implementation, and prosecution. However, amidst concerns over perceived favouritism towards Civil Society Organisations from Mexico, Kenya, and Pakistan, Crimeophobia's Board of Advisor, M.P Sahay, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India, remarked, "We have observed biased activities aiming to marginalise India's Civil Society initiatives at the United Nations. We will soon present a robust legal response and demand accountability from UNODC (India) for their disregard, which has undermined the efforts of Crimeophobia and Criminologist Snehil Dhall."

Currently, Crimeophobia’s Transnational Organised Crime model is also utilised for Security & Legal Audits in both the Private and Public Sectors. While our oral condemnation has been formally documented at the United Nations Vienna HQ, Crimeophobia is committed to implementing corrective actions. Recent attempts by the UN to dictate activities have been separately denounced by India's External Minister, Mr. S Jaishankar. However, Crimeophobia has heightened its capacity to aid other nations should they require assistance in establishing a "Transnational Organised Crime Control Room," addressing the urgent demand posed by rapidly evolving crimes perpetrated by hardcore criminals and terrorists.