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Myanmar authorities receive training under UNODC fisheries crime projects

Myanmar authorities receive training under UNODC fisheries crime projects

27 June 2019 - Fisheries crime is an ill-defined legal concept which refers to a range of illegal activities in the fisheries value chain and includes money laundering, corruption, illegal fishing, tax evasion and document fraud. To address these types of crime and to foster cooperation, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) organised a training on fisheries crime in Yangon from 17 to 21 June.[Read More]

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World Drug Report 2019: 35 million people worldwide suffer from drug use disorders while only 1 in 7 people receive treatment

World Drug Report 2019: 35 million people worldwide suffer from drug use disorders while only 1 in 7 people receive treatment

Vienna, 26 June 2019 - Improved research and more precise data have revealed that the adverse health consequences of drug use are more severe and widespread than previously thought. Globally, some 35 million people are estimated to suffer from drug use disorders and who require treatment services, according to the latest World Drug Report, released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).[Read More]

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UNODC co-organizes Security Council Open Arria Formula meeting on Transnational Organized Crime in the Caribbean as threat to peace and stability

UNODC co-organizes first ever Security Council Open Arria Formula meeting on Transnational Organized Crime in the Caribbean as a threat to peace and stability

18 June 2019 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), together with Barbados, the Dominican Republic, France, the Netherlands, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom and the United States co-organized the first ever Security Council Open Arria-formula meeting on "Transnational Organised Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean Region as a Threat to International Stability" on 7 June in New York.[Read More]

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