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UNODC, Internet Watch Foundation team up to tackle online child sexual abuse imagery

A psychologist talks to a young woman victim of rape at the UNICEF supported 'Rodnik' shelter for child trafficking victims in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Photo: UNICEF/UN045589/Pirozzi

Belize has become the most recent member to join the  Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) growing  global Portals network by adopting a technical reporting solution for online child sexual abuse imagery. The Portal, supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), will enable the public to report suspected illegal content anonymously.[Read More]

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Keep Running: Chinese celebrities supporting the Sustainable Development Goals

Keep Running: Chinese celebrities supporting the Sustainable Development Goals. Image: UNODC

Seven leading Chinese celebrities, including actors, singers, film directors, a fashion model and a racing driver are giving their support to the  Sustainable Development Goals after a visit to the  United Nations in Vienna. The celebrities came to Vienna to film an episode of the reality TV show Keep Running, which is watched by millions in China and beyond.[Read More]

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West and Central Asia: UNODC holds regional workshop to counter illicit financial flows

West and Central Asia: UNODC holds regional workshop to counter illicit financial flows. Image: UNODC

Illicit financial flows make national borders increasingly irrelevant. Funds are moved across jurisdictions with a click of a button as technological developments make these transactions easier, faster and difficult to trace. With a view to countering illicit financial flows in West and Central Asia, UNODC and EU-Act jointly organized a regional workshop on "Financial Disruption of Illicit Financial Flows Associated with Transnational Organized Crime" in Kazakhstan.[Read More]

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