Press Releases UNODC

2023

24/01/2023

UNODC global report on trafficking in persons: crises shift trafficking patterns and hinder victim identification

16/03/2023

Cocaine trafficking diversifying through new hubs and groups, with global supply at record levels, says new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

08/03/2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Office On Drugs and Crime marks International Day of Women Judges with panel discussion on equality for justice

06/03/2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalists invited to cover the 66th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

03/03/2023

Firearms, drug trafficking feeding Haiti’s cascading security crises: new UNODC assessment

16/05/2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalists invited to cover the 32nd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

26/06/2023

UNODC World Drug Report 2023 warns of converging crises as illicit drug markets continue to expand

20/07/2023

The Royal Foundation and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime announce landmark partnership to tackle the global illegal wildlife trade through the United for Wildlife programme

05/07/2023

Americas: New joint initiative against human trafficking and migrant smuggling

23/08/2023

INTERPOL, UN Office on Drugs and Crime and Norway reinforce alliance against forestry crime

21/09/2023

Progress on peace, justice and inclusion dangerously off track – a new UN report calls for urgent action to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 16

21/09/2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: United Nations anti-corruption gathering in the United States in December

10/09/2023

UNODC: Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan expanding rapidly as heroin trade slows

07/09/2023

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Message for the International Day of Police Cooperation

31/10/2023

Uniting the world against corruption: celebrating the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption

23/10/2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: UN Office On Drugs and Crime marks 20th anniversary of UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) with high-level event

30/11/2023

Crimes that affect the environment worsen climate change and biodiversity loss, says UNODC at UN Climate Change Conference

22/11/2023

More women and girls killed in 2022 even as overall homicide numbers fall, says new research from UNODC and UN Women

21/11/2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference COP28

05/11/2023

Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2023 declined 95 per cent following drug ban: new UNODC survey

16/12/2023

UN anti-corruption conference concludes in Atlanta reaffirming commitment to UN Convention against Corruption

13/12/2023

FACTSHEET: Corruption and the Sustainable Development Goals

13/12/2023

UNODC and the UN Global Compact call for greater private sector action to strengthen business integrity and fight against corruption

12/12/2023

FACTSHEET: Climate change, crimes that affect the environment and corruption

12/12/2023

FACTSHEET: The pivotal role of the private sector in combating corruption for economic development and social well-being

11/12/2023

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Remarks at the Opening of the Tenth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)

11/12/2023

Remarks by the President of the UN General Assembly to the 10th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption

11/12/2023

FACTSHEET: United Nations Conference in Atlanta will develop a common vision for future anti-corruption efforts

09/12/2023

Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly: Video Message for the International Anti-Corruption Day

08/12/2023

Fifty-two people lost their lives to homicide globally every hour in 2021, says new report from UN Office on Drugs and Crime