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Corruption: a “multi-headed monster”

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21 November 2008 - Participants at a joint World Bank-UNODC event held this week in Vienna described corruption as a "multi-headed monster" and a "complex and dynamic" problem that manifests itself in numerous ways.[Read More]

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Responding to drug use and HIV in Iran

Opium user. Photo: Alessandro Scotti

19 November 2008 - Today, Iran's proximity to Afghanistan, which supplies more than 90 per cent of the world's opiates, means that the country is particularly vulnerable to drug abuse. Iran is also a main trafficking route for heroin destined for European markets.[Read More]

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HIV infection rates high among imprisoned women

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17 November 2008 - Prisons are high-risk environments for the transmission of HIV. Worldwide, the levels of HIV infection among prison populations tend to be much higher than in the population outside prisons. Both drug use and HIV infection are more prevalent among women in prison than among imprisoned men.[Read More]

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UNODC Initiatives

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]