Global Initiative

Discussion Paper: Is poverty driving the Afghan opium boom?

...One of the poorest countries in the world, Afghanistan faces many challenges. One of them is the drug industry. Afghanistan now produces upwards of 90% of the world’s opium and production has double...

Posted on 29 Mar 2008

Global Initiative

World Drug Report 2007

...Something new and significant is going on in the world drugs market. In last year's World Drug Report we made the argument that drug control is working and the world drug problem is being contained. T...

Posted on 20 Dec 2007

Global Initiative

Fighting Drugs and Building Peace

...Producing and trading cocaine, heroin and other illegal narcotics is not only a highly globalized business. It is also a policy challenge to which the international community has historically responde...

Posted on 23 Mar 2007

Global Initiative

World Drug Report 2006

...Drugs are everywhere, say alarmed parents. The drug problem is out of control, cries the media. Legalize drugs to reduce crime, say some commentators. Such exasperation is understandable in the man...

Posted on 20 Dec 2006

Global Initiative

ocio- Economic & Psychological Assessment of Fluctuations and Variations of Opium Poppy Cultivation in Key Provinces in Afghanistan: Balkh, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Central Provinces

...Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) cultivation has been illegal in Afghanistan since January 17th 2002; however considerable problems have ensued in the implementation of this ban and many provinces hav...

Posted on 20 Oct 2006

Global Initiative

Money Laundering Experiences

...This monograph not only examines recurrent trends in dealings with the proceeds of crime in East and Southern Africa. It goes further to probe the strengths and weaknesses of the critical agencies set...

Posted on 14 Oct 2006

Global Initiative

World Drug Report 2005

...Some 200 million people, or 5% of the world’s population age 15-64, have used drugs at least once in the last 12 months. This is 15 million people higher than last year’s estimate but remains sign...

Posted on 20 Dec 2005

Global Initiative

Developing Counter-Narcotics Policy in Central Asia Legal and Political Dimension

... Among the array of challenges facing the Central Asian region, illicit drugs have since the mid-1990s gradually risen to prominence. With continuously increasing opium production in Afghanista...

Posted on 22 Aug 2005

Global Initiative

World Drug Report 2004

...In 1998 the General Assembly gave UNODC the mandate to publish "comprehensive and balanced information about the world drug problem." Since then, the international community has recognized the importa...

Posted on 20 Dec 2004

Global Initiative

The Future of Netcrime Now

...This report describes the findings from research which asked a panel of experts to suggest responses to a number of criminal threats and technology challenges associated with the Internet and informat...

Posted on 18 Dec 2004

Private Sector

Drug Money in a Changing World: Economic Reform and Criminal Finance

...Over the past decade, a virtual consensus on the market has emerged. While debate continues between differing schools of thought, hardline critics of liberal economic ideology have grown reticent due ...

Posted on 17 Dec 2004

Global Initiative

Film piracy, organized crime and terrorism

...This report presents the findings of research into the involvement of organized crime and terrorist groups in counterfeiting a wide range of products, from watches to automobile parts, from pharmaceut...

Posted on 17 Oct 2003
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