Issue 16 | January 24 2012
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Lao PDR

• Project Childhood introduced to Lao PDR

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Project Childhood introduced to Lao PDR

Vientiane (the Lao People's Democratic Republic), 11 January 2012 - As children continue to be trafficked, enslaved, and sexually exploited in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, law enforcement responses against travelling child sex offenders must become an ever more important element in halting and reversing this trend. Such responses include intelligence-led investigations, victim identification, detection, and prosecution of the perpetrators of these crimes as well as the protection, rescue and rehabilitation of young victims. [Read More]

Read our latest publications and reports

• South-East Asia: Opium Survey 2011 (Lao PDR, Myanmar) (pdf)
• 2011 Patterns and Trends of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs, Asia and the Pacific (pdf)
• Guidelines for the Safe handling and disposal of chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of drugs (pdf)
• Amphetamines & Ecstasy: 2011 Global ATS Assessment (pdf)
• World Drug Report 2011
• Implementation Update: 2 (pdf)
• Implementation Update: 2 - Executive Brief (pdf)

Upcoming Events

• Jakarta (Indonesia) - 26-27 January: Regional Workshop on Judicial Integrity in Southeast Asia: Integrity-based Judicial Reform
• Kalutara (Sri Lanka) - 30 January: Opening of the Computer-Based Training Center at the Sri Lankan Police College
• Bangkok (Thailand) - 30 January-10 February: Training Course on Operational Analysis in Support of Migrant Smuggling Investigations

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