Issue 13 | July 1 2010
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news

UNODC News

• Spain joins campaign against human trafficking
• World Drug Day message: think health, not drugs
• New courtroom in Mombasa to bring pirates to justice
• World Drug Report 2010: drug use is shifting towards new drugs and new markets
• UNODC focuses on maritime security in Central America
• International criminal markets have become major centres of power, UNODC report shows
• Divergent coca crop cultivation trends in the Andean countries
• Around 1 million Afghans suffer from drug addiction, UNODC reports

Highlight

World Drug Report 2010: drug use is shifting towards new drugs and new markets

23 June 2010 - The 2010 World Drug Report shows that drug use is shifting towards new drugs and new markets. Drug crop cultivation is declining in Afghanistan (for opium) and the Andean countries (coca), and drug use has stabilized in the developed world. However, there are signs of an increase in drug use in developing countries and growing abuse of amphetamine-type stimulants and prescription drugs around the world.

Read our latest publications

• World Drug Report 2010 (pdf)
• The globalization of crime - A transnational organized crime threat assessment (pdf)
• Trafficking in Persons to Europe for Sexual Exploitation (pdf)
• Drug Use in Afghanistan: 2009 Survey (pdf)
• Handbook on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women (pdf)
• Ecuador - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2009 (pdf)
• Perú - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2009 (pdf)
• Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2009 (pdf)

Upcoming Events/Publications

• International AIDS Conference at Vienna (18-23 July 2010)
• Surveying Crime in Africa
• Iraq Corruption Survey

Other International Drugs and Crime News

• INTERPOL: INTERPOL Chief calls for concerted global action against organized crime in UN address on 10th anniversary of Palermo Convention (17 June 2010)
• The World Bank: Anti-Corruption Leaders in Africa Meet to Promote Integrity in Government Spending (10 June 2010)

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