U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Latin American Migrants Targeted by Trafficking Networks

By Fabiana Frayssinet
The rescue earlier this month of 12 Venezuelan and three Colombian women from a prostitution network that recruits migrants in Peru is an example of the complex web where migration and human trafficking often involve victims of forced labour and sexual exploitation.

Latin America Lacks Clear Policies to Tackle Human Trafficking

By Daniela Pastrana
Each year, some three million undocumented immigrants enter the United States, half of them with the help of traffickers, as part of a nearly seven-billion- dollar business, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Disagreement Continues Over Global Drug Policy

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
A new report has found that global drug use largely remains the same, but perspectives on how to address the issue still vary drastically.

Kudos for Bolivia’s Success in Reducing Coca Cultivation

By Ronald Joshua
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has praised Bolivia for reducing coca bush cultivation for the fourth year in a row. According to the latest Coca Crop Monitoring Survey, released Tuesday in La Paz, coca cultivation declined by 11 per cent in 2014, compared to the previous year.

The U.N. at 70: Drugs and Crime are Challenges for Sustainable Development

By Yury Fedotov
With terrorism, migrant smuggling and trafficking in cultural property some of the world's most daunting challenges, "the magnitude of the problems we face is such that it is sometimes hard to imagine how any effort can be enough to confront them. But to quote Nelson Mandela, 'It always seems impossible until it is done'. We must keep working together, until it is done."


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