UNODC challenges Ghanaian, Liberian and Nigerian prosecutors to solve a fictitious organized crime and corruption case to strengthen their investigation management skills

Africa, Cooperation, CRIMJUST, EU, Ghana, Nigeria, Programme and Projects News, Trafficking, UN, West Africa

CRIMJUST, the West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors (WACAP) and the UNODC Project “Response to Drugs and Related Organized Crime in Nigeria” held a Workshop on Strengthening Integrity in Investigation and Prosecution of Complex Cases, on 19-20 July in Lagos, Nigeria. For two days, the participants- 30 criminal justice practitioners, mainly prosecutors from…

CRIMJUST, WACAP and the Nigerian Drugs Project combat drug trafficking and organised crime together

Africa, Cooperation, EU, Ghana, Nigeria, Programme and Projects News, Security context, Trafficking, UN, West Africa

CRIMJUST, the West African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors (WACAP) and the UNODC Project “Response to Drugs and Related Organized Crime in Nigeria” delivered a three-day joint workshop in Lagos, Nigeria, on 16-18 July 2018. Thirty participants from Ghanaian, Liberian and Nigerian criminal justice agencies discussed good practices to increase the efficiency of investigations…

CRIMJUST supports Peru in fostering international judicial cooperation in organised crime and drug trafficking

Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia, Cooperation, CRIMJUST, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Money laundering, Panama, Peru, Programme and Projects News, Trafficking

Under the framework of CRIMJUST, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) delivered a workshop in International Judicial Cooperation in cases of organised crime, drug trafficking and money laundering, in collaboration with the National Commission for Development and Life Without Drugs (DEVIDA PERU) and the Iberoamerican Network of Anti-Drug Prosecutors (RFAI), on 26-28…

UNODC: first replication of training on handheld electronic field testing devices for drug identification held in West Africa

Africa, Cooperation, CRIMJUST, Drug policy, Nigeria, Programme and Projects News, West Africa

Under the framework of the projects CRIMJUST and “Response to Drugs and Related Organized Crime in Nigeria”, UNODC conducted, on 12 July 2018, the first replication workshop on “Drug identification with handheld electronic field testing devices” in Lagos, Nigeria. It was the first training in West Africa to introduce the use of the testing devices,…

UNODC and CRIMJUST strengthen Digital Evidence Capabilities through a specialised course in Panama

Cooperation, CRIMJUST, Latin America, Panama, Programme and Projects News, Trafficking, UN

CRIMJUST and the UNODC Global Programme on Cybercrime launched a Training Workshop on Cybercrime to improve the participants’ technical skills on digital evidence gathering and ensure an effective response to challenges arising from drug trafficking. The course took place in Panama from 25 to 26 June 2018. Twenty-six participants, officers from the Public Prosecution Office…

Cocaine production hits absolute record highs according to the latest UNODC World Drug Report

Article, Cocaine, Consumption, Drug policy, Impact, Marijuana, NPS, Production, Publication, Security threats, Trafficking, UN

  The 2018 World Drug Report, launched on 26 June by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), provides a global overview of the supply and demand of opiates, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine-type stimulants and new psychoactive substances (NPS), as well as their impact on health. Moreover, it highlights the different drug use patterns…

Cocaine reached highest purity in a decade according to the latest European Drug Report

Article, Cocaine, Drug policy, EU, NPS, Production, Publication, Security threats, Trafficking

The European Drug Report 2018: Trends and Developments launched on 7 June in Brussels by Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos and the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) Alexis Goosdeel, offers a comprehensive view of the latest drug trends across Europe. • Cocaine: increased availability…

Women and Girls at the core of the 12th edition of the European Development Days

Article, Development, Publication, Security context

The twelfth edition of the European Development Days was held in Brussels on 5 and 6 June 2018 and aimed to bring together the European Union’s commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The main thread of this edition, ‘Women and Girls at the Forefront of Sustainable Development:…