Issue 20 | May 3, 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news

UNODC News

• G20 can mobilize private sector in global fight against corruption
• UNODC working with Kyrgyzstan's new anti-drug agency to curb illicit narcotics and organized crime
• Crime Commission to address protection of children from exploitation on the Web
• Public-private sector partnership is crucial in tackling organized crime
• Shimo La Tewa - the centre of Kenya's fight against piracy
• Drug dependence treatment and HIV prevention in Kenya
• Tackling piracy in East Africa
• East Asia and Pacific: UNODC presents regional update and announces threat assessment project
  

Highlight

UNODC Executive Director notes key role of Russia in curbing drug trafficking

21 April 2011 - UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov is paying an official visit to Moscow to meet with high-level Russian officials to discuss the challenges in dealing with the interrelated threats of drugs and crime. As the lead UN agency working with countries in tackling illicit drugs, transnational organized crime and terrorism, UNODC cooperates with states across the world in countering these threats to international safety and security. (Read More)

Read our latest publications

• Afghanistan Opium Survey 2011 - Winter Rapid Assessment all regions (pdf)
• Global SMART Update - 5 (pdf)
• Afghanistan Opium Survey 2011 - Winter Rapid Assessment for the Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Regions (pdf)
• Afghanistan - Opium survey 2010 (pdf)
• Toolkit to Combat Smuggling of Migrants (pdf)

Other International Drugs and Crime News

• UN NEWS: 25 April 2011 – Armed groups in Central African Republic continue to recruit children – UN report
• OECD: 20 April 2011 – OECD’s Gurría demands stronger enforcement in fight against corruption
• OSCE: 29 March 2011 – Anti-Corruption Academy agree to co-operate on fighting corruption
• INCB: 2 March 2011– Greater efforts needed to limit damaging effects of drug-related corruption (pdf)

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