1 June 2009 - The rapid increase in opium poppy cultivation observed in Afghanistan since 2001 has gone hand-in-hand with the emergence of the illicit production of heroin in the country. Because of this, on 12 and 13 May 2009, the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia and the Country Office in Afghanistan convened a High-Level Planning Session to launch Operation TARCET II, an anti-trafficking initiative to prevent the smuggling of chemicals into Afghanistan for use in the manufacture of heroin.
Youngsters play football in the streets of Villa El Salvador. Peru's Sport and Life schools are helping to prevent drug use and delinquency.
Afghanistan: lancing an opium poppy capsule
Drug treatment centre in Myanmar.
Rural prison, Myanmar: children are allowed to stay with their parents and participate in their daily routine. Photo: A. Scotti
Heroin seizure in Turkmenistan
Lebanon: Boys and girls play football at a Global Sport Fund youth camp
UNODC is helping to raise standards in Afghanistan's prisons. Photo: Zalmai
Vocational training project in the coca bush growing area of Cochabamba, Bolivia
Alternative development: tea cultivation in Myanmar
More than 600 kilos of intercepted cocaine, Guinea-Bissau
Making opium paste in Myanmar
Lake Volta, Ghana: the internal trafficking of children for cheap labour is one of the biggest challenges.
Viet Nam: Families of recovering drug users receive information on preventing relapses
Drug treatment, Afghanistan
Weaving bags as an alternative to opium cultivation in Myanmar
Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik at the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking, which took place from 13-15 February
Image from the "Journey" art installation, on display in conjunction with the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking
The city gears up for the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking which will take place from February 13-15
Coffee produced by Peruvian farmers under UNODC-supported alternative development projects
Afghanistan, border with Tajikistan: soldiers preparing for counter-narcotics operations. Photo: A. Scotti
Brazil: Seizure of precursor chemicals, used to make illegal drugs
Akha people in Laos, where UNODC runs alternative development projects.
Lake Volta, Ghana: children represent cheap labour
Opium smokers in Afghanistan. Photo: UNODC Afghanistan/Zalmai
Drug use in a needlepark, Vietnam
Bolivia: drying coca leaves in the streets
Alternative development: cultivating orchids for medical purposes, Laos
In Colombian prisons, infants live with their mothers
Heroin seizure at the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan
Myanmar: the girl has been caring for her brothers ever since their heroin-addicted parents abandoned them.
Pakistan: lancing opium poppy
Alternative development: beneficiary of agro-forestry project, Colombia
Afghanistan: Law-enforcement officers in training
Inside the cockpit during a crop-monitoring flight
Global Sport Fund youth camp in Jounieh, Lebanon
Opium poppy field in Afghanistan. Photo: UNODC Afghanistan/Zalmai
Mekong River: joint patrol of the Lao-Thai border liaison office
Reducing drug abuse in prisons: Leeuwkop prison, South Africa
Boy with cannabis plant, Morocco
Recovering drug users practise Tai Chi at a treatment centre in Vietnam.
Afghan women smoking opium. Photo: UNODC Afghanistan/Zalmai
Lake Volta, Ghana: children represent cheap labour
Street children in Pakistan
