Stories from UNODC South Asia

India: Freedom Express – a girl rescued from the brothels boards train to home

19 August 2010 - 'Friday the thirteen' is often considered unlucky and a day shrouded under the shadow of bad omen. But, for 15 year old Kakoli*, last 13 August 2010, a Friday, was a landmark day, one of the luckiest of her life.[Read More]

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India: National Customs Academy rolling out UNODC developed Computer Based Training in drug law enforcement

12 August 2010 - Transnational drug trafficking is a global concern with drug traffickers using latest technologies to avoid detection at land borders, airports and seaports by Customs officers. Traffickers use innocuous couriers and adopt novel modus operandi to smuggle drugs -inter alia.  The Indian Customs, also actively takes preventive action against smuggling of contraband and narcotic drugs.[Read More]

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Bhutan: Royal celebrations for World Drug Day

2 July 2010 - Bhutan commemorated this year's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking with the inauguration of its third drop-in center for drug users in Bumthang. Queen Mother -Her Majesty Ashi Tshering Pem, graced the occasion and launched also the ever-first National Baseline Assessment on Drugs and Controlled Substance use in Bhutan (NBA).[Read More]

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