Press Releases UNODC

05/10/2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media are invited to cover the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

01/10/2026

United Nations Crime Congress in Abu Dhabi closes with pledges to strengthen justice systemsUnited Nations Crime Congress in Abu Dhabi closes with pledges to strengthen justice systems

26/09/2026

Governments adopt roadmap to tackle 21st century crime threats at United Nations Crime Congress in Abu Dhabi

19/08/2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media are invited to cover the Seventh Plenary Meeting of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network)

04/08/2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media accreditation for the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi in September now open

29/07/2026

Executive Director of UNODC: Message on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

26/06/2026

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Monica Juma: Message for the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

26/06/2026

UNODC World Drug Report 2026: Global drug markets transforming rapidly as technology, novel drug types and instability present traffickers with new opportunities

20/05/2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media are invited to cover the 35th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

11/05/2026

New Director-General of UN Office at Vienna and Executive Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime takes office

17/03/2026

UNODC-INTERPOL global summit mobilizes action against fraud surge

12/03/2026

Commission on Narcotic Drugs establishes Expert Panel to contribute to the 2029 global drug policy review

02/03/2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalists invited to cover the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

25/02/2026

Waste trafficking driving toxic pollution and harming public health, says United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

10/02/2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media are invited to cover UNODC-INTERPOL Global Fraud Summit

22/12/2025

Illicit “captagon” manufacturing disrupted following regime change in Syria, says new UNODC research brief

25/11/2025

137 women and girls killed every day by intimate partners or family members in 2024

11/11/2025

Presidents of Austria, Italy join UN Office on Drugs and Crime in calling for renewed global solidarity against transnational organized crime

06/11/2025

Afghanistan opium cultivation falls in 2025 shifting regional production and trafficking patterns, says new UNODC survey

05/11/2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: Presidents of Austria and Italy join high-level UNODC event marking International Day against Transnational Organized Crime

25/10/2025

UN Convention against Cybercrime opens for signature in Hanoi, Viet Nam

22/10/2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: High-level opening and signing ceremony for the UN Convention against Cybercrime

18/07/2025

UNODC: War transforming Ukraine’s criminal landscape, causing economic and social damage

26/06/2025

UNODC World Drug Report 2025: Global instability compounding social, economic and security costs of the world drug problem