Issue 25 | October 7, 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news

UNODC News

• UNODC and Mexico build strategic alliance to counter organized crime
• Blue Heart Campaign and Caracol TV shine spotlight on human trafficking in Colombia
• UNODC head tells President Santos that Colombia plays vital role in fighting drugs and crime
• Colombia: from illicit drugs to sustainable livelihoods
• Viet Nam: campaigning against domestic violence through words and art
• Coca bush cultivation in Bolivia remains stable
• ATS: second most commonly abused drug type worldwide
• Querétaro: the world's first 'Blue Heart City'
• Not playing around: using games to fight corruption
• Death for 50 rupees: misuse of prescription drugs in South Asia

Highlights

UNODC study shows that homicide rates are highest in parts of the Americas and Africa

6 October 2011 - UNODC has released its first Global Study on Homicide, which shows that young men, particularly in Central and South America, the Caribbean and Central and Southern Africa, are at greatest risk of falling victim to intentional homicide but that women are at greatest risk of murder owing to domestic violence. There is evidence of rising homicide rates in Central America and the Caribbean, which are "near crisis point", according to the Study. [Read more]]

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Read our latest publications

• 6 October 2011 - Global Study on Homicide 2011
• 14 September 2011 - Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2010

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