UNODC presents the main findings from its work in supporting the process of destruction/incineration of illicit drugs seized in Bolivia in the first semester of 2018

Article, Bolivia, Cocaine, CORMS, Drug war, EU, Latin America, Production, Publication, Security context

During its mission to Bolivia, CORMS attended, on 23 July, the presentation of the main findings from the UNODC’s work in supporting the process of destruction/incineration of illicit drugs seized in Bolivia in the first semester of 2018. The Representative of the UNODC in Bolivia, Mr. Thierry Rostan, who gave the presentation, recognised the work…

News Briefing-Week of 16 of July

Africa, AIRCOP, Cocaine, Colombia, Cooperation, EU, Latin America, Marijuana, Newsbriefings, Peru, Production, Security context, UN, West Africa

UNODC and the G5 Sahel agreed, during a joint meeting organised in Nouakchott on 18 July 2018, to strengthen their cooperation in the areas of security and justice. Support in the opening of three new Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITF), in N’Djamena (Chad), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Agadez (Niger), as part of the AIRCOP program was…

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…

News Briefing- Week of 2 of July

Africa, Cocaine, Colombia, Consumption, Cooperation, Costa Rica, Drug policy, EU, Ghana, Impact, Legislation, Marijuana, Mozambique, Newsbriefings, Panama, Peru, Production, Security context, Security threats, Trafficking, West Africa

The United Kingdom Border Force Unit has handed over two operational vans and equipment valued at $120,000 Dollars to the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) to boost Ghana’s fight against drug trafficking. Mozambique has become a significant heroin transit centre. Estimations suggest 40 tonnes or more per year are traded from Mozambique, making it a major…

News Briefing- Week of 25 of June

Africa, Cocaine, Colombia, Consumption, Drug policy, Drug war, EU, Latin America, Mexico, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, NPS, Production, Security context, Trafficking, UN, US

Left-wing candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed victory in Mexico’s presidential election, held on 1 July. One of his main policies is combating Mexico’s record levels of violence, much of it related to drug cartels. Epidiolex, a cannabis-based treatment for childhood epilepsy developed, is set to be launched in the autumn after being approved…

News Briefing-Week of 11 of June

Caribbean, Cocaine, Colombia, Conflicts, Cooperation, Costa Rica, Drug war, Honduras, Latin America, Mexico, Newsbriefings, Panama, Security context, Trafficking, US

Conservative candidate Ivan Duque has won Colombia’s presidential runoff election on 17 June 2018. Duque’s presidential agenda included next to the peace deal also narco-trafficking. Colombia’s production of cocaine has increased, and armed groups are fighting each other for control of routes once controlled by FARC. The cocaine kingpin, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La…

News Briefing- Week of 4 June

Argentina, Cocaine, Consumption, Drug policy, EU, Impact, Latin America, Marijuana, Mexico, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Production, Security context, Trafficking

The European Drug Report 2018, released on 7 June by the EMCDDA, mentioned that the purity of street cocaine across Europe is at its highest level in a decade and that the number of people seeking treatment for cocaine addiction has risen. Solution to fight illegal drugs can be country-specific, as the 3-year Mexico-Filipino cooperation…

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:…

UNODC supports Panama in strengthening institutional integrity of law enforcement

Brazil, Caribbean, Cocaine, Colombia, Cooperation, Corruption, CRIMJUST, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Latin America, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Security context, Trafficking, West Africa

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean (UNODC ROPAN) has supported the National Aeronaval Service (SENAN) of Panama under the framework of the CRIMJUST project, in adopting a mandatory ethics training to prevent corruption on 28 May 2018. The training titled, “Basic Course on Ethics…

News Briefing-Week of 21st of May

Africa, Cocaine, Colombia, Conflicts, Corruption, Costa Rica, Drug policy, Drug war, Latin America, Newsbriefings, Security context

This year the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has several opportunities to revisit, rethink and reinvigorate the fight against organised crime in the region. The organisation is poised to significantly boost its role as a regional framework for policy development and action on serious issues, among which various forms of illicit trafficking, including…