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Libyan law enforcement trained on TiP

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:22:29 AM CEST

Having 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.

Combating Human Trafficking in Yemen - Stepping it up

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 1:32:00 PM CET

Yemen has taken many positive steps to combat trafficking in persons (TiP), however a lot remains to be done to combat this phenomenon. Victims of TiP in Yemen include women and children. Children are usually trafficked to Gulf States, in particular Saudi Arabia, as well as from rural areas to urban centres for the purposes of forced labour or sexual exploitation. In a ddition, migrants smuggled from the Horn of Africa who rely on the assistance of criminal networks to enter Yemen are vulnerable to becoming victims of TiP.

Egypt anti-corruption and asset recovery capacities enhanced by UNODC

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:59:22 AM CET

As 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.

UNODC Facilitates Consultations with Defense Lawyers in Asset Recovery Cases in Requested States

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:02:35 PM CET

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.

Egypt's Juveniles Fight for a Better Life

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:31:10 PM CET

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.

Jordanian and Iraqi Officials Receive Anti-Human Trafficking Training

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 9:16:15 AM CET

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.

The Journey of a Palestinian from Heroin Injection to a Healthier Lifestyle

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:04:39 AM CET

"Many young people in the Old City can easily get drugs," says Mostafa Zaki* who was only 14 years old when he began smoking hashish at school in the Shufaat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem. In 1982, at the age of 18, Mostafa started using heroin along with hashish, and thus his long journey of heroin use began.

UNODC Grants Juveniles in Egypt a Second Chance

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:02:20 AM CEST

In 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.

UNODC Builds Capacities of Egyptian Officials on UNCAC Review

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 1:15:52 PM CEST

Twenty-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.

Evidence Confirms Alarming Concentrated HIV Epidemic among Injecting Drug Users in Libya

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 1:07:08 PM CEST

26 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.