Issue 40 | October 23, 2012
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news

UNODC News

• UNODC launches report to assist Member States to counter the use of the internet for terrorist purposes
• Human trafficking under spotlight at Conference of Parties meeting
• UNODC's new crime fighting tool turns lessons of the past into policies for the future
• UNODC to open a liaison and partnership office in Mexico
• Proceeds of transnational crime in billions, number of victims in millions, says UNODC chief
• Crime simulation: targeting cross-border trafficking in South-East Asia
• Nigeria launches anti-human trafficking campaign, as Goodwill Ambassadors are named
• UNODC and Italy launch initiative to promote international standards on drug use prevention

Highlights

Proceeds of transnational crime in billions, number of victims in millions, says UNODC chief

15 October 2012 - UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said that crime preyed on countries where the rule of law and other institutions were vulnerable to criminals. The remarks were made at the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. [Read More]

Read our latest publications

• 22/10/12 - Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes
• 16/10/12 - Digest of Terrorist Cases
• 10/11/12 - Misuse of Licit Trade for Opiate Trafficking in Western and Central Asia: A Threat Assessment

Other International Drugs and Crime News

• INTERPOL: 17 October 2012 - Spanish operation targeting criminal networks and money laundering supported by INTERPOL
• OSCE: 18 October 2012 - Fighting illicit drug supply to young people focus of OSCE conference in Vienna

• European Commission:: 4 October 2012 - Putting victims first: New European law improving rights for victims of crime has been adopted

Resources

• New UNODC Campaign - Transnational Organized Crime: Let's put them out of business
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