UNODC joins regional crime fighters to tackle scams and human trafficking in SE Asia

Sep 27, 2023, at 11:43 pm

Nations in the southeast Asian region joined the UN crime-fighting agency in Bangkok on Tuesday to launch a new strategy tackling organised crime and human trafficking.

Doha: UN conference urges boosting assistance to trafficking victims

Apr 15, 2015, at 05:22 pm

New York, Apr 15 (IBNS): With human trafficking now a global criminal enterprise generating billions of dollars every year, United Nations officials stressed on Tuesday during a high-level event at the UN Crime Congress in Doha, Qatar, that victims of the crime need broad based assistance for their recovery.

UN concerned over expansion of synthetic drugs in market

May 21, 2014, at 05:25 pm

New York, May 21 (IBNS): "An unprecedented expansion" of synthetic drugs is taking an ever-greater share of the illicit drugs market, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Around half million people murdered worldwide in 2012: UN

Apr 11, 2014, at 06:45 pm

New York, Apr 11 (IBNS): Almost half a million people across the world lost their lives in 2012 as a result of intentional homicide, with the highest murder rates logged in the Americas and Africa, and the lowest in Europe, Asia and Oceania, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports.

UN condemns killing of two consultants in Somalia

Apr 08, 2014, at 07:15 pm

New York, Apr 8 (IBNS): Senior United Nations officials on Monday voiced outrage at the killing of two consultants working for the world body's arm dealing with drugs and crime who were shot by unknown gunmen in Somalia's Puntland region.