United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime

Type: Organization

Name: United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (UNODC, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

If the name fits...: When the undocumented economy is truly Black

KARACHI:For most laymen any discussion about the informal or undocumented economy usually makes them think of tax evasion or tax avoidance. At the most, they feel this is limited to some kind of financial fraud. Then there are those who think that the ... [Published The Express Tribune - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Opium, Illegal

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

Unchaining prisoners is a good place to start

The guarantee last week from Corrections Department chief Suchart Wonganantachai that his department will unshackle all prisoners serving maximum jail terms in prisons across the country within three months is a positive step and long overdue. On Wednesday, ... [Published Bangkok Post - May 18 2013]

Entities: prison, Thailand, United Nations

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

UN to train anti drug agency on regulations

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) plans to train operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on the regulation of drugs in Nigeria.The officers will also be trained on how to regulate and upgrade drug abuse counselling, ... [Published Voice of Nigeria - May 18 2013]

Entities: Drugs, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Drug Abuse, Nigeria

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Mountie In Trouble For This

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The former RCMP detachment commander in Merritt, B.C., will be sentenced for breach of trust later this month.Criminal Justice Branch spokesman Neil Mackenzie confirms Stuart Seib, an 18-year veteran of the force, will be in a Kelowna ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 18 2013]

Entities: United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Cocaine, Detachment, Cannabis

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

BBC blog uncovers why crime is scarce in Iceland

In a recent blog posted on the BBC news magazine website, U.S. law student Andrew Clark uncovers why Iceland has some of the lowest crime rates in the world. Within the article, Clark mentions some of the contributing factors that make Iceland standout ... [Published IceNews - Daily News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Iceland, Andrew Clark, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Crime

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

UN trains 200 NDLEA officers on drug fight

May 17, 2013 by Comfort Oseghale Leave a CommentAbout 200 officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency will be trained by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on best practices in drug demand reduction.Other drug treatment centres are ... [Published Nigeria Punch - May 17 2013]

Entities: United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Drugs, Nigeria, Drug Abuse

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime

Police Break Up Asia-Latin America Human Trafficking Rings

Authorities have dismantled two separate human trafficking rings in Ecuador and Brazil linked to South and East Asia, highlighting the flow of trafficking victims between the two continents.Ecuadorian police arrested three Ecuadorians and three Indians, ... [Published InSight Crime - May 16 2013]

Entities: Human Trafficking, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Brazil

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

OSCE, EU and UNODC support income-generation activities in Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary system

Bishkek, May 16 / Kabar /. How to develop income-generation activities for prisoners was the topic of a training seminar on 14 to 16 May 2013 in Bishkek. The event was held in the training centre of the state penitentiary service (GSIN) and was co-organized ... [Published Kabar - May 16 2013]

Entities: United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Organization for Security and Co-operation in E..., Kyrgyzstan

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 3 reports

Vietnam’s voice in fight against human trafficking

A high-level meeting to examine progress made on the UN Global Action Plan on Human Trafficking was held at the UN headquarters in New York on May 13 and 14. Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Permanent Representative of the Vietnamese delegation at the UN, delivered ... [Published VietnamPlus - May 15 2013]

Entities: Human Trafficking, Vietnam, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, United Nations

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

J.Bayartsetseg meets with Executive Director of UNODC

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice J.Bayartsetseg met with Mr Yuri V. Fedotov, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). ... [Published Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies - May 15 2013]

Entities: United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Ulaanbaatar, Ministry of Justice

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Opening of AIFOCOM Meeting

While Brunei Darussalam has achieved reasonable success in fighting drugs, there is still urgent need for unified efforts regionally and internationally to thwart illegal drug-related activities, especially against cross border trafficking. Recent cases ... [Published Brunei News - May 14 2013]

Entities: Brunei, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Drugs

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

Breaking the 'business model' of people smuggling

As Australia sets aside more money to pay for the processing of asylum seekers, the Australian Federal police and the Indonesia National Police say they've caught up with a notorious people smuggler.Javaid Mahmud Butt, also known as Hasan Billu is an ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 13 2013]

Entities: United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime, Australia, University of Queensland

Quotes

"Prison reform is necessary to ensure that this principle is respected, the human rights of prisoners protected and their prospects for social reintegration increased, in compliance with relevant international standards and norms."

Unchaining prisoners is a good place to start [Published Bangkok Post - May 18 2013]

"This agreement marks the continued commitment of Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam in supporting drug control in the region, and the celebration of 20 years of partnership and collaboration" Myanmar interior minister Ko Ko was quoted as saying at the signing in Nay Pyi Daw

Myanmar needs to solve its ethnic problems first [Published The Nation - Thailand - May 16 2013]

"Here you can have the tycoon's children go to school with everyone else" Sigurosson says, adding that the country's social welfare and education systems promoted an egalitarian culture

Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland [Published BBC - May 16 2013]

..."Countries already belonging to SES will greatly benefit from the data and technical standardization developed by Brazil," he said. "In addition to sharing data, the countries are eager to adopt efficient methodologies to generate reliable information, and then go on to develop effective security programs." With Brazil's participation, the system's statistics will include 90 percent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean...

IDB - INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: Brazil joins initiative that generate comparable crime ind ... [Published 4 Traders - May 16 2013]

More Content

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If the name fits...: When the undocumented econ... [Published The Express Tribune - 5 hours ago]
Is the Black economy all that black? [Published The Express Tribune - 8 hours ago]
Unchaining prisoners is a good place to start [Published Bangkok Post - May 18 2013]
UN to train anti drug agency on regulations [Published Voice of Nigeria - May 18 2013]
Mountie In Trouble For This [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 18 2013]
Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh [Published United Nations Multimedia - May 17 2013]
BBC blog uncovers why crime is scarce in Iceland [Published IceNews - Daily News - May 17 2013]
UN Condemns Human Trafficking [Published Republic of Ghana - May 17 2013]
UN trains 200 NDLEA officers on drug fight [Published Nigeria Punch - May 17 2013]
Police Break Up Asia-Latin America Human Traffi... [Published InSight Crime - May 16 2013]
Myanmar needs to solve its ethnic problems first [Published The Nation - Thailand - May 16 2013]
Why is violent crime so rare in Iceland [Published BBC - May 16 2013]
2.5-ton drug cargo seized in south Iran [Published Press tv - May 16 2013]
OSCE, EU and UNODC support income-generation ac... [Published OSCE Press releases - May 16 2013]
OSCE, EU and UNODC support income-generation ac... [Published Kabar - May 16 2013]
IDB - INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: Brazil j... [Published 4 Traders - May 16 2013]
GOVERNMENT IN BRIEF 16/5 [Published Bao Moi.com - May 16 2013]
UN team sees no protection for whistleblowers i... [Published Economic Times - May 16 2013]
The Crime Terror nexus in West Africa [Published RUSI Whitehall Papers - May 15 2013]
Police Seize Large Amounts of Drugs In Saravan [Published Iran Daily - May 15 2013]
Iran's War on Narcotics: Police Seize 7.5 tons ... [Published Fars News Agency - May 15 2013]
AJC Berlin Calls on UN Agency to Reconsider Ira... [Published American Jewish Committee - May 15 2013]
Vietnam’s voice in fight against human trafficking [Published VietnamPlus - May 15 2013]
Marco de Acción Internacional Para la aplicació... [Published UNODC Publications - May 15 2013]
J.Bayartsetseg meets with Executive Director of... [Published Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies - May 15 2013]
Vietnam pledges to cooperate in combating human... [Published Bao Moi.com - May 15 2013]
Project in Sol Nascente community (Brasilia) se... [Published UNESCO - May 15 2013]
Africa: UN Member States Appraise Global Action... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 15 2013]
Vietnam pledges cooperation in combating human ... [Published Bao Moi.com - May 15 2013]
Drug abuse in Asia: 'Emergency situation' in In... [Published Asia News Network - May 15 2013]

Blogs

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Marco de Acción Internacional Para la aplicació... [Published UNODC Publications - May 15 2013] The UNODC International Framework for Action to implement the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol is now available in Spanish.The Framework for Action is a technical assistance tool that aims to support effective implementation of the Protocol against the ...
Eye on Iran: Frustrated With Diplomacy, Some in... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - May 14 2013] br />!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter andjoin our Facebook group. Top Stories WashPost: "After failing to halt Iran's nuclear advances with harsh economicsanctions, a group of U.S. lawmakers ...
RT @OCEANUSLive: Seychelles Transfers 8 Convict... [Published Piracy_OBP - Twitter - May 14 2013] RT @OCEANUSLive: Seychelles Transfers 8 Convicted Somali Pirates to Puntland @UNODC @Piracy_OBP http://t.co/EOSaxCBa4G ...
RT @OCEANUSLive: Seychelles Transfers 8 Convict... [Published Piracy_OBP - Twitter - May 14 2013] RT @OCEANUSLive: Seychelles Transfers 8 Convicted Somali Pirates to Puntland @UNODC @Piracy_OBP http://t.co/EOSaxCBa4G ...
RT @OCEANUSLive: Seychelles Transfers 8 Convict... [Published Piracy_OBP - Twitter - May 14 2013] RT @OCEANUSLive: Seychelles Transfers 8 Convicted Somali Pirates to Puntland @UNODC @Piracy_OBP http://t.co/EOSaxCBa4G ...

Press Releases

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OSCE, EU and UNODC support income-generation ac... [Published OSCE Press releases - May 16 2013]
Heads of UNODC and CITES urge wildlife and fore... [Published UNODC Press Releases - Apr 23 2013]
We cannot allow the criminals to prosper from t... [Published UNODC Press Releases - Apr 22 2013]
UN anti-crime standards are the “visible face o... [Published UNODC Press Releases - Apr 19 2013]
UNODC Executive Director reinforces importance ... [Published UNODC Press Releases - Mar 22 2013]