Stories from UNODC South Asia

South Asia: UNODC initiates regional cooperation projects to address human trafficking across borders

8 July 2014 - A $32 billion business annually, human trafficking robs young men, women and children of their human rights and a life of dignity.  Lack of awareness, paucity of work opportunities, compounded by poverty can make the youth vulnerable to trafficking. In South Asia, trafficking in persons takes place both within the region and internationally. Young girls and boys from Bangladesh and Nepal are being trafficked into India for sexual exploitation, forced[Read More]

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India: Celebrating while reflecting on making drug use policies more effective

3 July 2014 - The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is synonymous with thought on and understanding of the rights and needs of drug users. The day serves as a reminder to the global community in moving towards a society that deals with drug use from a health-centric and human rights approach. This year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Office[Read More]

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India: National Anti-Corruption Referral: a tool that helps you to report corruption

2 June 2014 - During the last years, initiatives against corruption have increasingly taken centre stage, involving the public and private sector, non-governmental organizations, the media and the youth. In the course of UNODC's ongoing work on probity in public procurement and corporate integrity, stakeholders from the above sectors identified a significant information gap regarding "where" and "whom to" report a corrupt act.[Read More]

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