http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/feed/events.xmlUpcoming EventsTue, 14 May 2013 10:22:29 AM CESThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/libyan-law-enforcement-trained-on-tip-and-som.htmlHaving recently emerged from a historic revolution inspired by the Arab Spring, Libya is going through a delicate post-conflict transitional period that offers both opportunities and challenges.  One such challenge is human trafficking. With a view to enhancing the Libyan Government's response to this transnational crime, UNODC held during the period 9-11 April 2013 a training workshop for Libyan law enforcement officials in the premises of the National Police Technical Training College, Tripoli, Libya.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/libyan-law-enforcement-trained-on-tip-and-som.htmlThu, 21 Mar 2013 11:59:22 AM CEThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/egypt-anti-corruption-and-asset-recovery-capacities-enhanced-by-unodc.htmlAs another significant contribution to the Egyptian efforts on combating corruption and stolen asset recovery, UNODC, together with Basel Institute on Governance are implementing a training programme to enhance the capacity of the key Egyptian law enforcement agencies and judiciary to analyzing, investigating and prosecuting international corruption cases, at the Training Centre of the Administrative Control Authority.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/egypt-anti-corruption-and-asset-recovery-capacities-enhanced-by-unodc.htmlSun, 03 Feb 2013 12:02:35 PM CEThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/asset-recovery-workshop.html As part of the ongoing expert advisory services to the Egyptian Government in the field of combating corruption and recovering stolen assets, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime facilitated a Workshop and a series of meetings on "Asset Recovery" bringing together defense lawyers dealing with Egyptian cases in requested states where stolen assets are hidden by the former regime and members of the Judicial Committee for Asset Recovery.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/asset-recovery-workshop.htmlMon, 03 Dec 2012 12:31:10 PM CEThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/egypts-juveniles-fight-for-a-better-life.html When Ahmed's father passed away, he was forced to drop out of school to provide for his mother "Um Ahmed" and his sister Buthaina. According to Ahmed, he was working as a fare collector on a public microbus, at the age of 15, when one day the bus driver accidentally killed a motorcyclist driving the wrong way on the road. Fearing jail, the driver escaped. Ahmed, who was unconscious, was taken by the police and tried for stealing the microbus, driving without a license, and accidental manslaughter. He was eventually sentenced to one year of correctional detention.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/egypts-juveniles-fight-for-a-better-life.htmlTue, 27 Nov 2012 9:16:15 AM CEThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/jordanian-and-iraqi-officials-receive-training-to-combat-human-trafficking.html Recently, 33 law enforcement officials from the Jordanian and Iraqi Ministries of Interior gathered in Amman, Jordan, to attend a three-day anti-human trafficking workshop organized jointly by UNODC and the League of Arab States. The objective of the workshop was to build the capacities of those law enforcement practitioners to effectively prevent and investigate cases of human trafficking while assisting and protecting victims of trafficking.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/jordanian-and-iraqi-officials-receive-training-to-combat-human-trafficking.htmlMon, 08 Oct 2012 10:02:20 AM CESThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/unodc-grants-juveniles-in-egypt-a-second-chance.htmlIn a country with harsh conditions for lower-income families, drugs are a common escape. It is customary among many such families to offer drugs such as hashish to their guests at wedding ceremonies as a form of recreation. Abdul Rahman's family was no exception. On the evening of a family member's wedding ceremony, 18-year-old Abdul Rahman was tasked with providing the drugs for the evening and was unfortunate enough to be caught by the authorities. He was sentenced to three years in Juvenile Correctional Institution in Marg, Cairo, Egypt.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/unodc-grants-juveniles-in-egypt-a-second-chance.htmlWed, 15 Aug 2012 1:15:52 PM CESThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/uncac-review-mechanism-workshop.htmlTwenty-two Egyptian officials from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of State for Administrative Development, the Public Prosecution, the National Security Authority and the Administrative Control Agency gathered on 13 August 2012, to attend a four-day workshop organized by UNODC in cooperation with the Egyptian Government at the Marriott Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/uncac-review-mechanism-workshop.htmlSun, 15 Jul 2012 1:07:08 PM CESThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/evidence-confirms-alarming-concentrated-hiv-epidemic-among-injecting-drug-users-in-libya.html26 June 2012, Tripoli - UNODC, UNAIDS, WHO, the European Union and the National Center for Disease Control met to hear the new evidence confirming the suspected concentrated HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs in Libya, and to confer on the identified priorities for a strengthened and multi-sectorial national response during the Scientific and Advocacy Symposium on HIV/AIDS. The event was organized by UNODC and the National Center of Disease Control under the auspices of the Ministry of Health in Tripoli.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/evidence-confirms-alarming-concentrated-hiv-epidemic-among-injecting-drug-users-in-libya.htmlWed, 30 May 2012 3:33:06 PM CESThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/strengthening-egypts-complaint-mechanisms-against-corruption.htmlTaking a new practical step towards assisting the Egyptian Government in its fight against corruption, 70 representatives from various national service ministries and governmental agencies, including oversight bodies such as the Transparency and Integrity Commission, the Parliament, the civil society and political parties joined together in a two-day workshop organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Ministry of Administrative Development with the purpose of strengthening Egypt's current reporting and complaints mechanisms against corrupt acts.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/strengthening-egypts-complaint-mechanisms-against-corruption.htmlWed, 30 May 2012 2:27:00 PM CESThttp://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/unodc-builds-the-capacity-of-civil-society-organizations-on-uncac.htmlOn 12 May 2012, 40 representatives from 25 officially registered Egyptian Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and nine Tunisian NGOs gathered to attend a four-day workshop organized by UNODC, in cooperation with the Social Contract Centre (and Transparency International at the Shepherd Hotel in Cairo, Egypt.http://www.unodc.org/middleeastandnorthafrica/en/web-stories/unodc-builds-the-capacity-of-civil-society-organizations-on-uncac.html