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03/12/2025
Myanmar’s opium cultivation reaches ten-year peak
24/11/2025
137 women and girls killed every day by intimate partners or family members in 2024
11/11/2025
Presidents of Austria, Italy join UNODC in calling for renewed global solidarity against transnational organized crime
06/11/2025
Afghanistan opium cultivation falls in 2025, shifting regional production and trafficking patterns, says new UNODC survey
25/10/2025
UN Convention against Cybercrime opens for signature in Hanoi, Viet Nam
23/09/2025
A Decade Lost: No Peace, Justice or Inclusion Target on Track as 2030 Deadline Looms
18/07/2025
UNODC: War transforming Ukraine’s criminal landscape, causing economic and social damage
26/06/2025
UNODC World Drug Report 2025: Global instability compounding social, economic and security costs of the world drug problem
28/05/2025
Rise in production and trafficking of synthetic drugs from the Golden Triangle, new report shows
20/05/2025
UNODC: Rising demand for minerals heightening risks of crime, corruption and instability
07/04/2025
UNODC: new study shows forest crime converging with other types of organized crime, fueling harms to the environment, communities, and economy
12/03/2025
UNODC: Opium prices in Afghanistan near historic peaks, mostly benefiting large-scale traffickers
05/03/2025
UN Office on Drugs and Crime and Zero Project/ Essl Foundation announce new partnership for people with disabilities
19/02/2025
Refugee response has reduced risks of migrant smuggling and human trafficking stemming from war in Ukraine, new UNODC study finds
07/02/2025
EU, ICCWC, and civil society join forces to combat wildlife crime
24/12/2024
UN General Assembly adopts landmark convention on cybercrime
13/12/2024
Global Operation Successfully Returns Almost 1000 Vulnerable and Endangered Animals to Madagascar
12/12/2024
Myanmar remains a world’s leading source of opium and heroin
11/12/2024
UNODC global human trafficking report: detected victims up 25 per cent as more children are exploited and forced labour cases spike
27/11/2024
Afghanistan: opium production remains 93 per cent below pre-drug ban levels, says UNODC
25/11/2024
One woman is killed every 10 minutes by their intimate partners or other family members
06/11/2024
Afghanistan: opium cultivation increased by 19 per cent in second year of drugs ban, according to UNODC
18/10/2024
Colombia: Potential cocaine production increased by 53 per cent in 2023, according to new UNODC survey
10/10/2024
UNODC report exposes escalating threat of organized crime in the Pacific
