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UNODC opens the first specialized Forensics Laboratory in Laos for analysing digital evidence

First specialized Forensics Laboratory in Laos

Vientiane (Lao PDR) 23 August 2019 -The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Global Programme on Cybercrime and the Lao People's Democratic Republic Police Force have jointly opened Laos' first Digital Forensics Laboratory. The lab will specialize in the analysis of digital evidence seized, or resulting from, criminal investigations in Laos including transnational organized crime, cybercrime and wildlife crime.[Read More]

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Latest UNODC Monitoring Report shows decline of coca cultivation in Bolivia

Latest UNODC Monitoring Report shows decline of coca cultivations in Bolivia

La Paz/Vienna, 22 August 2019 - In 2018, the cultivation of coca crops in Bolivia decreased by six per cent compared to data from 2017, according to the latest Coca Cultivation Survey presented today in La Paz by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. The cultivated surface decreased by 1,400 hectares, from 24,500 hectares in 2017 to 23,100 hectares in 2018.[Read More]

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UNODC and Korea Statistics open Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia and the Pacific

UNODC and Korea Statistics open Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia and the Pacific

Daejeon (Republic of Korea), 22 August 2019 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Korea Statistics (KOSTAT) opened a joint Centre of Excellence for Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in Asia and the Pacific during a related Symposium on 20 to 21 August in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.[Read More]

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