Issue 24 | August 24, 2011
A quick and easy way to update yourself on the latest UNODC and international drugs and crime news

UNODC News

• UNODC and UNHABITAT release guidelines to help prevent crime in urban areas
• Maldives '1410': help for drug users is just one ring away
• Tracing dirty money - an expert on the trail
• North-east India: recognizing female injecting drug users
• Reinforcing Mexico's response to human trafficking: President Calderón recognizes role of Blue Heart Campaign
• Prison Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean
• UNODC and Mexico launch project to protect journalists
• Afghan opiates remain global threat, says new UNODC Study
• United Nations Postal Administration wins "best stamps" award for highlighting human trafficking and child labour issues
• UNODC Executive Director and President Martinelli discuss Panamas role in curbing corruption and trafficking

Highlights

Tracing dirty money - an expert on the trail

11 August 2011 - More than one trillion dollars: this is the staggering amount of money probably laundered annually in recent years, says Pierre Lapaque, chief of the section dealing with organized crime and money-laundering at UNODC. In 1998, the International Monetary Fund estimated this figure to be the equivalent of between two and five per cent of global GDP. UNODC considers that such a range remains plausible today. "We cannot separate drug money from crime money - it's all dirty money," explains Lapaque.[Read More]

Read our latest publications

• 20 August 2011 - Introductory Handbook on Policing Urban Space
• 29 July 2011 - The Global Afghan Opium Trade: A Threat Assessment
• 1 July 2011 - Peru: Monitoreo de cultivos de coca 2010
• 1 July 2011 - Colombia: Monitoreo de cultivas de coca 2010

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