Once viewed primarily as a transit corridor for narcotics, the region is now confronting a different threat: the movement, ...

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in cooperation with the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of ...

The workshop reflected a growing national consensus that organized crime is too complex to be tackled by any single institution alone. Opening the workshop, UNODC Country Representative Troels Vester ...

At the crossroads of major maritime routes in the Indian Ocean, the Union of Comoros has taken an important step to protect ...

In courtrooms across Pakistan, cases of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants often reveal the same troubling pattern: crimes that stretch across borders, involve multiple actors, and leave ...

February 2026, Karachi – Pakistan’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the National Sex Offenders Register (NSOR) advanced significantly in February 2026 through a series of regionally focused ...

Supported by the UK International Development, the consultative workshop focused on developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for obtaining feedback from law enforcement and prosecution on the ...

Under the EU–funded Deliver Justice Project, UNODC organized two workshops on 27–28 January 2026 and 10–11 February 2026 to strengthen district-level criminal justice coordination. The workshops ...

07 February 2026, Lahore – Sharing and protecting sensitive offender data directly affects people’s safety and trust in the justice system. When institutions can exchange accurate information quickly ...

Brussels, 11 February 2026 – Organized fraud has evolved into a sophisticated global threat, harming individuals, institutions, and economies. Once perceived as the work of isolated opportunists, ...

Organized crime, money laundering and corruption in the mining sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. Explainer - ...

February 2026, UNODC’s Firearms Trafficking Section organized the training “Firearms in the Courtroom” in Montenegro under ...