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UNODC Executive Director congratulates UNODC Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad on Nobel Peace Prize

VIENNA, 5 October (UN Information Service) — Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), congratulated Nadia Murad Basee Taha, UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking, on being awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize today. “The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize is truly a well-deserved …

27th Crime Commission lays groundwork for further integrating prevention, criminal justice responses, says UNODC Executive Director

VIENNA, 18 May 2018 (UN Information Service) — The 27th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice concluded today with resolutions on preventing and combating human trafficking, supporting the Sustainable Development Goals and other priorities. Speaking at the closing session, Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and …

UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov highlights the need to strengthen criminal justice to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

VIENNA/BANGKOK, 5 March 2018 (UN Information Service) — Yury Fedotov, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), urged governments today to promote greater cooperation to comprehensively address justice, governance and sustainable development. Mr. Fedotov was speaking at the High-Level Conference on Sustainable Development, Crime Prevention and Safe Societies in Bangkok. …

UNODC Chief: organized crime groups profit from asymmetric globalization

At high-level meeting on security, head of UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says transnational crime evolving, warns on ransomware and its ability to expose vulnerabilities ZAVIDOVO/VIENNA, 24 May (UN Information Service) – Transnational organized crime groups are exploiting gaps in law enforcement to create new markets and expand their operations, the UNODC Executive …

UNWTO, UNODC and UNESCO launch anti-trafficking campaign

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have joined forces to promote a global campaign urging travellers to support the fight against a number of forms of trafficking. The Campaign was presented to the tourism sector at the …