In a significant step towards safeguarding the digital well-being of Ghana and Senegal's children, the Global Programme on Cybercrime of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has launched a compelling campaign titled 'Safer Children Online.' ...more
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism (UNOCT), and INTERPOL launched the “Integrated Border Stability Mechanism (IBSM)” aimed at strengthening...more
Au Mali, les personnes vivant avec un handicap sont souvent confrontées au silence concernant les formes de traite qu’elles subissent. Le silence et le secret sont des obstacles majeurs à l’identification des victimes de la traite, et ces obstacles sont amplifiés lorsqu’il s’agit de victimes vivant avec un handicap...more
La musique et la danse comme moyens de sensibilisation et de prévention du crime. C'est dans ce contexte que le lancement de la campagne Cœur Bleu au Sénégal s’est déroulé le 29 juillet dernier au théâtre Daniel Sorano de Dakar à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la lutte contre la traite d’êtres humains...more
Each year, police services apprehend thousands of children and young individuals. The reasons that drag these young people into conflict with the law are diverse...more
Sous l’égide du Comité National de lutte contre la traite des personnes (CNLTP) et du Ministère de la justice du Sénégal, l'Office des Nations Unies contre la Drogue et le Crime (ONUDC) Bureau régional pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre et le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies aux Droits de l’Homme (HCDH) ...more
The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has become one of the most recurrent modus operandi in attacks committed by terrorist groups in West Africa, killing, wounding and traumatizing an increasing number of men, women, and children throughout the region. In Côte d’Ivoire, between April 2021 and February 2022, 10 incidents involving IEDs occurred in the northern border regions of the country....more
UNODC ROSEN organized a training workshop on Security Search in the region of Tillabéry, contributing to peace and social cohesion by optimizing defence and security forces’ capacities to conduct better and safer searches in respect of people’s rights...more
UNODC organized a Trilateral Workshop on detection of Improvised Explosive Device (IED), on their use by terrorist groups and on the judicialization of intelligence collected in the border areas between Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Ghana...more
After ten sessions of intense training, eight officers from the Niger National Police and eight officers from the Niger National Gendarmerie have completed on 12th May 2023, an integrated course on digital investigations and digital forensics...more
As the guardian of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) assists the State parties in preventing corruption in the private sector...more
For the third year in a row, the Global Programme on Cybercrime organized the Africa Digital Forensics Challenge. The 3rd edition of the competition organized in a Capture the Flag (CTF) manner...more
PROMIS organizes the contest “Sing for Justice” open to young musicians under 30 years (< 30 years) living in Senegal, Mali and The Gambia ..more
According to the 2022 UNODC World Drug Report, West Africa has become a hub for drug trafficking and production, with a significant increase in the production of synthetic drugs in recent years....more
UNODC convened a workshop on Dismantling Criminal Networks through Effective Investigation, Prosecution and Adjudication from eight countries of the Economic Communities of West African States ..more
To launch the second phase of the project Femmes Prévôts au Sahel, UNODC organized in Niamey, a communication day gathering 95 women Gendarmes. ..more
Today, digital evidence is a part of all criminal investigations, from cyber-dependent crimes, like ransomware attacks and online child sexual abuse...more
UNODC's research and awareness unit organized a ceremony to launch reports on trafficking in medical products, fuel, firearms, and migrants in the Sahel as part of the TOCTA Sahel research project...more
Most prisons in Mauritania exhibit several characteristics that include overcrowding, long-term pre-trial detention, absence of separation between accused and convicted prisoners, limited utilization of..more
What is the purpose of a prison sentence?...How do we ensure that prisons do not become places of radicalization to violence?..more
Traditional tools have largely proven insufficient against more sophisticated organized crime groups and there is a pressing to come up with innovative approaches to effectively tackle the continuously growing threats to the stability of the region..more
The National Guard, with the support of UNODC, organized a training seminar at the Centre d'Instruction Méhariste in Achemime...more
In the framework of Obangame Express 2023 Exercise, UNODC in collaboration with ECOWAS, the EU and the navies of Senegal, Morocco and the French has facilitated the testing of the transfer procedures described in the SOPs, simulating in real time at sea..more
UNODC Regional Office for West and Central Africa organized in Praia, Cabo Verde the second session of the West and Central African Network of Central Authorities and Prosecutors working group on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants...more
