United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), “January 2025 - WHO: World Health Organization recommends five NPS and one medicine for scheduling”, news clip, 24 January 2025. United Nations Office ...

Afghanistan’s stockpiles before the drop in opium cultivation may have been worth between US $4.6 to US $5.9 billion, or roughly 23-29 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product in 2023. This ...

Vienna (Austria), 10 March 2025 — The 68 th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) commenced today, gathering 2100 ...

As part of its efforts to support States in developing strong and sustainable legal frameworks, UNODC works to build and ...

“Today, the illicit drug market is becoming more unpredictable, driven by the impact of synthetic drugs,” Ghada Waly, ...

UNODC’s Country Representative in Nigeria, Mr. Cheikh Touré, then took the floor to emphasize the importance of sustained ...

Recognizing these challenges, and opportunities, subject matter experts gathered at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ...

Between 2019-2022, the Balkan route generated an estimated annual illicit gross income of US $13.9 to 21.4 billion. Drug ...

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the United Nations’ central drug policy-making body, is meeting this week to take ...

The financial sector has a unique role to play in preventing human trafficking, supporting investigations and prosecutions, ...

This week, we are reconnecting with a Youth Forum participant who has been actively contributing to youth-led prevention ...

Fighting corruption and financial crime isn’t just about persecuting criminals — it’s also about protecting public money and ...