Countering Illicit Drugs
Transnational organized crime
•Trafficking in persons•Trafficking in arms•Trafficking in drugs•Smuggling of migrants•Smuggling of artifacts•Smuggling of cultural antiquities
•Smuggling of narcotics•Smuggling of wild life•production of and trafficking in fraudulent medicines
Illegal trade
•Yields of crime•Money laundering
Corruption
Terrorism
Drug trafficking is an organized crime
Border control in the MENA region
Thousands of Kms of borders; some located in remote, desert areas
UNODC Approach to Border Control
At the national level
At the regional & International levels
HUMAN RIGHTS
Four-track Approach
1) build identification
capacity
2) Information collection capacity
3) Capacity to feed in-depth investigations
4) Internationa
l Cooperation
750 million container movements in 2014 - 90% of global trade – less than 2% inspected
Countering Illicit trafficking
Container Control Programme Focus• Creation of Joint Port Control Units in sea and dry ports (air
and land in the future) – multi agency working approach (e.g Customs, Police, Intelligence, Anti-Narcotics Departments)
• Local Steering Committees• Capacity building/training, basic, practical, specialized• Strengthening of infrastructure• Information exchange/regional and international cooperation• Mentorship
Programme Benefits
• Increased coordination, synergy and staff capacity• National ownership and control• Multi focus and approach of capacity building• Membership in global enforcement community• Strengthened institutional capacity to carry out pre/post
seizure investigations• Increased customs revenues• Facilitation of compliance and trade • Enhanced knowledge about organized crime and illicit
trafficking and capacity to respond to threats
Programme achievements
Established in 2005, the CCP has celebrated its 10th Anniversary last December. Now, it covers 22 countries around the globe.
The total amount of Seizures made under CCP till 2015 is as follows:• 101 Tons of Cocaine• 2.9 Tons of Heroin• 59.5 Tons of Cannabis• 1274 Tons of Precursors.• 160 Tons of Tramadol in West Africa in 2014
In addition to many seizures of counterfeits, CITES and Cigarettes.
Airport Communication Programme (AIRCOP)
UNODC
InterpolWCO
Objective
Disrupt the illegal networks that are
disseminating drugs and other illicit products
through smarter, more effective, well-connected, intelligence led counter-
narcotic activities.
AIRCOP
The Afghan Opiate trade project
Analyze, improve knowledge-base and increase awareness on the global threat of Afghan Opiates trafficking on public health and
security.
The project also supports national and regional drug-related
organizations in establishing/ enhancing their research, monitoring
and reporting capacity.
Research capacity building aims to increase availability of data for the
main beneficiaries and stakeholders to design evidence based policies
and strategies.
• UNODC is providing ongoing assistance to Member States in research and data collection in the field of drug trafficking.
Two research studies on Opiates trafficking being undertaken are:
Main partner• The Southern route Report; and• Opiates in Africa report (To be
published 2015).
Masood KarimipourRegional
RepresentativeUNODC Regional Office for the Middle East and
North Africa
