Issue 27
| November 18, 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC
and international drugs and crime news
UNODC News
Highlights
Post-conflict Central Africa threatened by organized crime
10 November 2011 - Conflict in Central Africa appears to have declined markedly in recent years. According to the UNODC report Organized Crime and Instability in Central Africa: A Threat Assessment, the current instability and violence, mostly affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo, increasingly seem to be the result of criminal acts occurring in a context of persistent lawlessness and weak State institutions rather than the product of war. This situation makes it difficult to provide the criminal justice response that crimes such as murder, rape and trafficking in children require. [Read More]
Read our latest publications
Other International Drugs and Crime News
Resources
|