Countering Illicit Drugs Drug trafficking is an organized

Countering Illicit Drugs

Drug trafficking is an organized crime Transnational organized crime Illegal trade • 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 Corruption • Yields of crime • Money laundering Terroris m

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 1) build identification capacity 2) Information collection capacity Fourtrack Approa ch At the regional & International levels 4) International Cooperation 3) Capacity to feed indepth investigatio ns

Countering Illicit trafficking 750 million container movements in 2014 - 90% of global trade – less than 2% inspected

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 10 th 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.

AIRCOP Airport Communication Programme (AIRCOP) UNOD C Objective WCO Interp ol Disrupt the illegal networks that are disseminating drugs and other illicit products through smarter, more effective, well-connected, intelligence led counternarcotic activities.

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: • The Southern route Report; and Main partner • Opiates in Africa report (To be published 2015).

Masood Karimipour Regional Representative UNODC Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa