Tag: UNODC

Synthetic drugs' flexible production and rising use pose global health risks, with increasing overdose deaths.

Afghanistan's opium production drops 95% post-2022 ban, affecting global markets and local communities.

Cocaine production hits a record high in 2022, fuelling violence and health crises globally. Slug record-high-cocaine-production-2022

Despite efforts, UNODC's report reveals ongoing wildlife trafficking, impacting over 4,000 species annually. Organized crime, corruption, and environmental risks persist, urging stronger interventions.

Nearly 89,000 women and girls were intentionally killed (femicide) in 2022, marking the highest yearly number in the past two decades. This alarming figure comes despite an overall drop in homicides, said a new research brief from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women.

The production of opium poppies in Afghanistan has witnessed a staggering decline since the imposition of a drug ban by the de facto authorities last year, according to the newly released Afghanistan Opium Survey 2023 by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The data reveals that opium supply has plummeted by an estimated 95 percent, dropping from 6,200 tons in 2022 to 333 tons in 2023. This decline corresponds to a sharp reduction in the area under opium cultivation, shrinking from 233,000 hectares to just 10,800 hectares over the same period.

The world is currently witnessing a sustained rise in both drug supply and demand, and is expected to lead to the emergence of new markets beyond traditional boundaries. Along with this, the proliferation of nimble drug trafficking networks exacerbates the global crisis, posing challenges to healthcare services and law enforcement agencies.

Despite producers struggling to get their product to market during Covid 19, Global production of cocaine jumped dramatically over the past two years following an initial slowdown caused by the pandemic, according to a new report released on March 16 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The number of victims of trafficking in persons are less identified now for the first time in the last 20 years even...

A huge influx of money at the top level of professional sport, rapid growth of legal and illegal sports betting and marked...