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- 2009-05-22 12:37:26.0 - UNODC Training Leads to Drugs Seizure at Ghanaian Port
- 2009-05-21 13:04:56.0 - UNODC and Regional Cooperation Council to promote security and justice in South East Europe
- 2009-05-20 19:45:09.0 - UNODC Director praises Iran’s drug control efforts, calls for greater international support
- 2009-05-11 17:26:22.0 - Ross Bleckner to be appointed Goodwill Ambassador by United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime on 12 May
- 2009-04-16 15:24:39.0 - UN Commission assesses growing threat of organized crime to security
- 2009-04-09 11:31:10.0 - Crime Commission Meets to Confront “Global Crime Wave”
- 2009-04-07 15:34:00.0 - UNODC launches “pro-health” drug campaign on World Health Day
- 2009-03-20 18:23:15.0 - UNODC and Iran sign agreements to reduce vulnerability of women and Afghan refugees to drugs and HIV/AIDS
- 2009-03-12 21:09:24.0 - Political Declaration and Action Plan map out future of drug control
- 2009-03-11 19:39:28.0 - UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs meets to address world drug problem
- 2009-03-09 13:24:45.0 - UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to review effectiveness of drug control
- 2009-03-05 17:34:08.0 - UNODC launches Blue Heart campaign against human trafficking
- 2009-02-26 16:37:18.0 - “Positive Balance Sheet” from Century of Drug Control
- 2009-02-12 19:00:10.0 - “Denial and Neglect Undermine the Fight against Human Trafficking”, says UNODC Director
- 2009-02-02 14:56:12.0 - UN drugs tsar warns of “Pyrrhic victory” against Afghan opium
- 2009-02-02 11:24:37.0 - Development Key to Opium-Free Golden Triangle, says UNODC
- 2008-12-16 12:15:57.0 - UNODC Proposes Measures to Stop Piracy in the Horn of Africa
- 2008-12-08 17:18:12.0 - Calls for Greater Financial Integrity on International Day against Corruption
- 2008-11-27 14:03:19.0 - Drugs finance Taliban war machine, says UN drug tsar
- 2008-11-13 18:21:00.0 - UNODC Chief, Russia discuss efforts to combat drug trafficking
- 2008-10-28 09:55:11.0 - UNODC Warns of Narco-Trafficking Threat to Security in West Africa
- 2008-10-13 14:12:15.0 - International Anti-Corruption Academy Established in Austria
- 2008-10-09 10:57:56.0 - UNODC warns of “hemispheric threat of drugs” to the Americas
- 2008-10-08 10:14:57.0 - 147 Nations Meet in Vienna to Intensify the Fight against Organized Crime
- 2008-09-29 16:29:59.0 - UN Works to Strengthen Justice and Integrity in Iraq (also available in Arabic)
- 2008-09-09 09:01:02.0 - UNODC Warns of Growing Abuse of Synthetic Drugs in the Developing World
- 2008-08-26 16:00:34.0 - Opium Cultivation Down by a Fifth in Afghanistan
- 2008-06-26 18:59:29.0 - UNODC Report Warns that Progress in Drug Control is under Threat
- 2008-06-18 11:49:25.0 - UNODC Survey Shows Coca Cultivation Up, Production Level
- 2008-06-12 13:28:48.0 - UN Drugs Chief Praises Massive Cannabis Bust in Afghanistan
- 2008-05-29 11:53:56.0 - Greater Stability in the Balkans is Lowering Crime, reports UNODC
- 2008-05-08 11:13:11.0 - Agreement to Strengthen Border Cooperation between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Reached in Tehran
- 2008-05-05 18:12:14.0 - UNODC Receives Grant from OPEC Fund to Improve Drug Treatment
- 2008-04-16 11:56:30.0 - UNODC Calls for Assistance to Fight Drugs, Crime and Violence in the Sahel
- 2008-04-14 12:20:39.0 - Security and Justice Key to Reaching Millennium Development Goals, says UNODC
- 2008-04-10 18:41:15.0 - UN Crime Commission to Focus on Violence against Women
- 2008-03-17 17:36:46.0 - Iraq urged to use the UN Convention against Corruption to improve governance
- 2008-03-10 12:14:43.0 - UNODC says world drug problem contained, but not solved
- 2008-03-07 14:56:07.0 - UNODC Chief Praises Thailand for Arrest of “Lord of War”
- 2008-03-07 12:37:52.0 - Commission on Narcotic Drugs to Review Effectiveness of International Drug Control
- 2008-02-21 15:42:06.0 - UNODC Urges Liechtenstein to “Enhance its Financial Integrity”
- 2008-02-15 19:02:30.0 - Vienna Forum strengthens global fight against human trafficking
- 2008-02-13 18:25:17.0 - Policy makers and celebrities unite in call for action on human trafficking
- 2008-02-13 17:45:49.0 - UNODC launches witness protection manual
- 2008-02-13 17:44:59.0 - Media Advisory - Vienna Forum to host daily media briefings programme
- 2008-02-12 10:59:50.0 - First ever global forum on human trafficking to launch united campaign to fight the crime
- 2008-02-11 15:25:44.0 - Exclusive preview of ‘The Journey’ with Emma Thompson
- 2008-02-06 12:18:17.0 - Container Exhibit Highlights Plight of Trafficking Victims
- 2008-02-06 03:47:47.0 - UNODC anticipates another large opium crop in Afghanistan in 2008
- 2008-02-01 00:00:00.0 - Launch of the “Afghanistan Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey”
- 2008-01-28 00:00:00.0 - UN Anti-Corruption Conference Opens in Bali
- 2008-01-23 15:01:22.0 - Press conference on Second Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- 2008-01-22 17:33:29.0 - Vienna Forum to fight human trafficking
- 2008-01-15 00:00:00.0 - Bali Conference to Strengthen Integrity and Fight Corruption
- 2007-12-19 19:00:56.0 - European Union and UNODC to assist Government with Victim Empowerment Programme
- 2007-12-14 17:24:56.0 - UNODC Warns of Cocaine Trafficking Threat in West Africa
- 2007-12-12 00:00:00.0 - Qatar’s Crown Prince receives UNODC award for pioneering youth sports project
- 2007-12-11 10:16:40.0 - UNODC Hails African Union Plan to Fight Drugs and Crime
- 2007-12-03 17:44:40.0 - Korean company helps UNODC fight cyber-crime
- 2007-11-28 11:43:22.0 - World AIDS Day Joint Communique of UNODC, UNAIDS, World Bank
- 2007-11-27 12:46:47.0 - West Africa Urged to Reduce Vulnerability of Children to Trafficking
- 2007-11-16 15:39:12.0 - Opium Amounts to Half of Afghanistan's GDP in 2007, Reports UNODC
- 2007-11-15 18:09:50.0 - UNODC Chief Warns that Europe's Cocaine Abuse is Now Endangering Africa
- 2007-11-13 15:00:46.0 - UNODC Head Praises Anti-Corruption "Climate Change" in Nigeria
- 2007-10-31 10:13:30.0 - New Measures Against the Afghan Opium Tsunami
- 2007-10-25 00:00:00.0 - Media advisory: Photography exhibition on human trafficking to open at UN headquarters in New York
- 2007-10-22 00:00:00.0 - GSF camp kicks off in Lebanon
- 2007-10-19 00:00:00.0 - Global Sport Fund Football Camp Unites Middle Eastern Youth Against Drugs and Crime
- 2007-10-10 00:00:00.0 - UNODC Reports "Worrisome" Rise in Myanmar Opium Production
- 2007-09-17 00:00:00.0 - World Bank and UNODC to Pursue Stolen Asset Recovery
- 2007-08-27 00:00:00.0 - UNODC reports diverging trends between opium-free north and lawless south of Afghanistan
- 2007-08-22 00:00:00.0 - UNODC to benefit from premiere of the movie Trade, starring Kevin Kline
- 2007-07-06 00:00:00.0 - UNODC and Colombian authorities to destroy almost 14,000 firearms on International Gun Destruction Day.
- 2007-07-06 00:00:00.0 - UNODC welcomes entry into force of International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
- 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 - UN drug agency reports "significant and positive changes" in world drugs markets. Countries urged to provide greater health care to drug addicts.
- 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 - UNODC upgrades border crossing in Albania
- 2007-06-18 00:00:00.0 - The opening of the first regional anti-human trafficking conference in Eastern Africa
- 2007-06-14 00:00:00.0 - Coca cultivation falls in Andean region, more development assistance needed to maintain progress
- 2007-06-12 00:00:00.0 - Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan agree to strengthen counter-narcotics cooperation
- 2007-05-25 00:00:00.0 - UNODC chief proposes Asian drug control mechanism to counter synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals
- 2007-05-23 00:00:00.0 - Violent crime and drug trafficking pose serious threats to development in Central America, UNODC warns
- 2007-05-21 00:00:00.0 - UNODC to launch new report on effects of violence and drugs on development in Central America
- 2007-05-17 00:00:00.0 - UNODC Goodwill Ambassador Alessandro Scotti wins prestigious German media prize
- 2007-05-10 00:00:00.0 - Press Briefing, Implementing the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
- 2007-05-10 00:00:00.0 - UN drugs chief calls for introduction of drug testing to help curb substance abuse
- 2007-05-09 00:00:00.0 - Vienna Symposium to Discuss Practical Measures to Implement United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
- 2007-05-08 00:00:00.0 - UNODC chief to address Istanbul news conference on support for global efforts against legalizing cannabis
- 2007-05-03 00:00:00.0 - High levels of crime and violence threaten Caribbean growth and prosperity
- 2007-04-23 00:00:00.0 - UNODC head calls for more effective global crime control regime
- 2007-04-19 00:00:00.0 - UNODC co-sponsors screening of “Human Trafficking” film in Vienna
- 2007-04-19 00:00:00.0 - UNODC Executive Director to hold news conference at opening of UN Crime Commission
- 2007-04-05 00:00:00.0 - UNODC to partner with Anglican Church of South Africa in hosting faith-based anti-human-trafficking forum
- 2007-04-04 00:00:00.0 - African governments willing to tackle corruption but more needs to be done, UNODC chief says
- 2007-04-04 00:00:00.0 - UNODC chief welcomes major cocaine seizure in Guinea-Bissau, urges full backing for police
- 2007-03-29 00:00:00.0 - UNODC and Dubai police sign agreement to tackle drug trafficking and abuse
- 2007-03-26 00:00:00.0 - UNODC launches Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
- 2007-03-22 00:00:00.0 - Japanese students support UNODC by raising money for drug control
- 2007-03-22 00:00:00.0 - Media advisory: New Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking to be launched at London event
- 2007-03-14 00:00:00.0 - EMCDDA and UNODC reinforce partnership and launch treatment demand toolkit
- 2007-03-12 00:00:00.0 - UNODC chief says world drug problem is being contained