Issue 28 | December 12, 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news

UNODC News

• We must remember victims of organized crime and drug trafficking, says UNODC chief
• Secretary-General calls for action by all to end scourge of corruption
• Free online course for justice professionals dealing with child victims
• UNODC helps female injecting drug users to fight HIV
• Methamphetamine on the rise in East and South-East Asia
• UNODC helps to eliminate violence against women
• Organized crime and drug trafficking major threats to international peace and security, UNODC head tells Security Council
• Victims of terrorism must be at heart of criminal justice response - UNODC guide

Highlights

Methamphetamine on the rise in East and South-East Asia

30 November 2011 - East Asia and South-East Asia are major centres for the illicit manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants. There has been a significant expansion in the manufacture, trafficking and use of methamphetamines in the past five years.

This, plus the increasing involvement of transnational organized criminal groups in the trade of amphetamine-type stimulants, poses a growing threat to security and public health in the region, warns a new report by UNODC. [Read More]

Read our latest publications

• 29 November 2011 - Patterns and Trends of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Other Drugs – Asia and the Pacific
• 29 November 2011 - The Criminal Justice Response to Support Victims of Acts of Terrorism

Other International Drugs and Crime News

• Counsil of Europe: 2 December 2011 -Council of Europe Anti Trafficking Body releases two reports on Albania and Croatia
• World Bank: 1 December 2011 - Corrupt Money’s Negative Economic Impact Can Be Measured, Shows World Bank Study
• OECD: 28 November 2011 -Proceeds from bribery can - and must- be accurately calculated in order to impose appropriate penalties, finds a joint OECD/StAR Study
• Interpol: 24 November 2011 - United Nations urges cooperation with INTERPOL to boost fight against maritime piracy

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