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Youth, Journalists Call On Pacific Leaders To Deliver On Integrity Boost
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 8:26 pm | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Anti-corruption stakeholders are anticipating that as at PIFLM52 last year, leaders will address corruption issues in their final PIFLM53 communique to be released on 30 August. More >>
ASEAN, China, And UNODC Agree To A Plan Of Action To Address Criminal Scams In Southeast Asia
Tuesday, 26 September 2023, 6:37 pm | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Senior officials from ASEAN, China and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have agreed to address transnational organized crime and trafficking in persons associated with casinos and scams. “Trafficking in persons connected to casinos ... More >>
Women’s Anti-Corruption Toolkit Launched In Fiji
Thursday, 10 September 2020, 8:05 am | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
A new Anti-corruption Toolkit for women-owned, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Fiji, was launched on Wednesday by the United Nations Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) Project. “This toolkit offers practical guidance on what ... More >>
Global methamphetamine seizures at record levels
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 2:40 pm | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Tokyo (Japan) 20 May 2014 – Growing demand in East and Southeast Asia is leading to an expansion of global production and trafficking in methamphetamine and new psychoactive substances, according to a UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released today. More >>
Greater Mekong cooperation to fight illicit drugs threat
Friday, 10 May 2013, 2:28 pm | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Nay Piy Taw (Myanmar) 9 May 2013 – Calling the rapid increase in consumption and production of narcotic drugs a “threat” to Southeast Asia that undermines regional development, representatives of the six Greater Mekong Sub-region countries and the ... More >>
East Asia Pacific organized crime: $USD 90bn annually
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 11:17 am | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Illicit markets in East Asia and the Pacific earn organized criminal groups nearly USD 90 billion a year – an amount roughly equal to twice the GDP of Myanmar, according to a UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report released today. More >>