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Record heroin seizure in the Gulf

Heroin

19 August 2008 - Police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week seized 202 kilograms of heroin and arrested 19 suspects in what is the biggest-ever heroin seizure in the Arab world. The police said the high-purity heroin, worth around US$11 million, was intercepted in the Emirate of Sharjah, where the suspects ran a fruit and vegetable business as a cover.[Read More]

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Observing border control in Tajikistan

Jeeps stuck in mud

15 August 2008 - One of the great pleasures of working in the field is that it sometimes offers the opportunity to get out of the office to explore the region covered by the field office, which in my case is Central Asia. One mission in particular told me more about the difficult conditions of those working on the frontline against drug trafficking than any number of reports or photographs could have done.[Read More]

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Fighting corruption with the private sector

Corruption

8 August 2008 - Corruption is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects both public and private sectors of all countries. Yet anti-corruption work is often hampered by conflicting needs and low levels of understanding between these two sectors. In fact, public officials and private company representatives tend to blame one another for soliciting or offering bribes.[Read More]

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Paris Pact

A partnership of more than 50 countries and international organizations aimed at combating Afghan opiates trafficking, consumption and related problems in the affected priority countries. [Read More]

StAR Initiative

By signaling to corrupt leaders that there will be no safe haven for stolen assets, StAR would constitute a formidable deterrent to corruption in developing countries. StAR would also serve to bring in the other side of the corruption equation, as stolen as [Read More]

UN.Gift

The Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) aims to mobilize state and non-state actors to eradicate human trafficking by (i) reducing both the vulnerability of potential victims a [Read More]