Tag: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 13:09 UTC

  Taking action where we can to stop cybercrime

  

  By Yury Fedotov is Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (*) - Cyber. It is the inescapable prefix defining our world today. From the privacy of individuals to relations between states, cyber dominates discussions and headlines – so much so that we risk being paralyzed by the magnitude of the problems we face.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  UN anti-drugs chief says 'legalization' is not a solution and points to Uruguay

  

  Legalization will not solve the world's narcotics problem, the UN anti-drugs chief said on Monday, indicating disagreement with a decision by Uruguay to allow the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana.