Illicit Trafficking and Smuggling

 

Our commitment

UNODC will work with Governments to strengthen their legal and technical capacities to prevent and stop the trafficking of people, drugs, natural resources and smuggling of migrants. The value which UNODC adds will be to assist governments to bring the collective resources of state authorities together in order to be more effective both at combating illicit trafficking and organized crime. At a national level the programme will seek to assist governments in developing an integrated approach to fight illicit trafficking and organized crime, and overcome the current fragmentation and at times uncoordinated agency responses to this challenge.
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Our main achievements in 2010

  • Enhanced border security in the Greater-Mekong Subregion, with some significant drug seizures and arrests directly attributed to the operations of Border Liaison Offices (BLOs) which have been established with UNODC support.
  • Identification of key trafficking/smuggling concerns and 'hot spots' (including with respect to drugs, people and natural resources) through surveys of BLO officers in Cambodia, Viet Nam and Thailand.
  • Improved availability of comparative regional data on ATS and other drugs through the SMART programme surveys.
  • Enhanced capacities of front-line law enforcement officers through training, especially computer-based training.
  • In the area of human trafficking, migrant smuggling and tackling environmental crimes (namely timber and wildlife trafficking), UNODC has established important new partnerships in 2010 and initiated implementation of new initiatives that are anticipated to deliver results in 2011.

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Our main achievements in 2009

  • Improved border security through the establishment of 14 more Border Liaison Offices in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region. These BLOs have, in turn, contributed to the seizure of significant quantities of drugs (including precursor chemicals) and the arrest of drug traffickers.
  • Improved availability of strategic information on drug production and trafficking trends, particularly with respect to synthetic drugs.
  • More informed and capable front line law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges (including those equipped through the re-energized Computer-Based Training programme).
  • Development of significant new regional initiatives to address a range of illicit trafficking/smuggling crimes, including those dealing with smuggling of migrants and trafficking in natural resources.

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