Stories from UNODC South Asia

How can we help facilitate dialogue between policy makers and civil society on human trafficking and migrant smuggling?

30 June 2017-Since the official launch of GLO.ACT in March 2017, consultative meetings with government authorities and civil society have been held in Nepal to develop and implement comprehensive national counter-trafficking and counter-smuggling responses and to strengthen capacities to efficiently address these crimes and the inter-linkages between them.[Read More]

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Bhutan: Police, government and prosecutors join hands against trafficking

12-14 June, 2017: In a major boost to multi-agency cooperation, representatives from the police, government and judiciary joined hands to discuss effective measures to counter human trafficking at a recent three-day training workshop held in Paro, Bhutan.[Read More]

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UNODC Conversations: India's Badminton Ace Saina Nehwal says "Listen First" on World Drugs Day

26 June 2017: In an exclusive chat with UNODC Regional Office for South Asia on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, India's Ace shuttler and Padma Bhushan awardee Saina Nehwal reflects on her stellar career in badminton and some of the most pertinent issues facing the region, while extending her support to UNODC's "Listen First" campaign for the prevention of drug use.[Read More]

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