Issue 21 | June 8, 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news

UNODC News

• UNODC addresses G8 Ministers on cocaine trafficking
• The growing linkages between fraudulent medicines and organized crime
• Countering the world of smuggling through container control
• Awash with money - organized crime and its financial links to Somali piracy
• Capturing the faces of the drug trade in Afghanistan

Highlight

UNODC issues new report on corruption in the western Balkans

17 May 2011 - On the basis of a survey of more than 28,000 people in the Western Balkans in 2010, UNODC has released its new public sector bribery survey for the area. Funded by the European Commission, the report "Corruption in the Western Balkans: Bribery as Experienced by the Population" notes that one in six respondents were exposed to some form of bribery involving a public official in the 12 months before the survey. (Read More)

Read our latest publications

• 5/17/11 - Corruption in the western Balkans: bribery as experienced by the population
• Afghanistan Opium Survey 2011 - Winter Rapid Assessment all regions (pdf)
• Global SMART Update - 5 (pdf)

Other International Drugs and Crime News

• UN NEWS: 7 June 2011 – Secretary-General, addressing Security Council, says interactions linking AIDS to global drug trade, sex trafficking, abuse of women deserve more attention
• European Commission: - 6 June 2011 - Commission fights corruption: a stronger commitment for greater results
• EMCDDA: 11 May 2011 - EMCDDA–Europol annual report reviews new drugs entering market

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