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News and Events

Effectiveness of Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking

Several recent operations conducted by Kyrgyzstan's State Service on Drug Control (SSDC) have resulted in the confiscation of drugs worth approximately US$ 1.35 million which were being smuggled as "bullets" - sealed packets of drugs swallowed to avoid detection. These latest results follow an April 2011 agreement between UNODC and the Kyrgyz Government which supports the re-established SSDC in a bid to assist in building the capacity and effectiveness of countering illicit drug trafficking.[Read More]

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Support the Border Outposts on the Tajik-Afghan Border

The Shurabad region of the Afghan-Tajik border represents one of the most volatile locations in terms of drug trafficking, having witnessed six armed conflicts between drug traffickers and border guards, the deaths of four traffickers and two guards, and the significant seizures of  illicit drugs in this year alone.[Read More]

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To Enhance Sustainability of Regional Capacity

Around 2000  law enforcement officers of participating countries received training in the framework of NATO-Russia Council project. More than 90 of them promoted to executive positions and some of the largest drug seizures are report to have been made by officers trained under the project.[Read More]

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  • 10/25/11 - Prison Reform in Kyrgyzstan
  • 10/25/11 - Container Control
  • 10/25/11 - Training for Dog Handlers
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Publications

  • 2011-12-29 13:16:00.0 - Newsletter "Milestones" #20 (pdf)
  • 2011-10-01 13:15:00.0 - Newsletter "Milestones" #19 (pdf)
  • 2011-05-05 08:48:43.0 - Доступность профилактики и лечения ВИЧ-инфекции для людей, употребляющих наркотики, и лиц, находящихся в местах лишения свободы, в Азербайджане, Казахстане, Кыргызстане, Таджикистане, Туркменистане и Узбекистане: Анализ законодательства и политики, Рекомендации для реформ (pdf)
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  • 2011-01-24 11:07:32.0 - Central Asian countries urged to act now to avert worsening AIDS epidemic (Russian)
  • 2011-01-24 11:04:01.0 - Central Asian countries urged to act now to avert worsening AIDS epidemic (English)
  • 2010-07-09 07:49:09.0 - UNODC Office in Turkmenistan Presents World Drug Report 2010 to National and Foreign Press
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