Illegal waste flows are causing economic, public health and environmental damage, especially in low-income countries, while a patchwork of regulations enables criminals to evade punishment, according ...

Building on earlier prison-wise engagements across the province, the training followed a structured, hands-on methodology designed to strengthen operational ownership of PMIS at the facility level.

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

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

Pakistan has taken a major step to address migrant smuggling by launching its first-ever National Action Plan dedicated to ...

Key national and international stakeholders convened in Islamabad on 16–17 February for the Multistakeholder Consultative Workshop on shaping Pakistan’s National Strategy against Organized Crime, ...

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 ...

Once viewed primarily as a transit corridor for narcotics, the region is now confronting a different threat: the movement, storage, and diversion of precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of ...

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 ...