The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) presents the 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), a comprehensive report that provides a national-level perspective on the threats posed by deadly illicit drugs and the violent transnational...
Drug & Precursor Trafficking: A Field Guide for Frontline Officers is a practical resource designed to support law enforcement personnel in identifying, investigating and responding to drug trafficking and the illicit movement of precursor...
The report examines the resurgence of the Colombian Caribbean as a strategic corridor for cocaine trafficking towards European markets. It explores how criminal networks are adapting established trafficking routes in response to changing...
BACKGROUND: Studies have reported a high prevalence of substance misuse among people who use drugs (PWUD) in contact with the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in Nigeria. Further, there is limited access to treatment resulting in high rates of...
How do we go about translating evidence into effective action, strengthen prevention, address drug-related crime, improve access to treatment and recovery support, and build safer, healthier communities?
This age-old question was explored...
Protecting young people from substance use and crime: building safer communities and pathways to support
Young people's involvement in substance use and crime cannot be understood without considering the environments in which they grow up...
Le Centre international pour la prévention de la criminalité publie Trajectoires sous emprise : comprendre l’exploitation criminelle des jeunes dans un écosystème criminel fragmenté depuis 2018, un nouveau rapport qui examine les...
Dans un contexte urbain marqué par des transformations sociales, économiques et technologiques rapides, la compréhension des dynamiques de victimisation chez les jeunes dans l’agglomération de Montréal apparaît essentielle pour soutenir l...
Safe futures is an initiative supported by the European Union Drugs Agency to strengthen shared understanding of, and responses to, the recruitment and exploitation of young people into criminal drugs networks across Europe. The initiative...
The present Handbook is one of a series of practical tools developed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to support countries in the implementation of the standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice...
This joint report by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) examines the trafficking and exploitation of children by gangs in Haiti. It...
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Jac Charlier will explore deflection as a collaborative approach to addressing substance use, highlighting how communities can connect individuals with appropriate health, treatment, recovery, and social support services while...
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Thailand’s justice system has long faced challenges in addressing drug-related offenses, as punishment alone is insufficient to address the psychological and social factors underlying repeated offending. In response to evolving...
This public health alert from Addiction Policy Forum highlights cychlorphine, a highly potent emerging synthetic opioid detected in the unregulated drug supply in the United States, including alongside fentanyl and other substances. The...
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Young people are increasingly being drawn into organised crime, with criminal networks exploiting social, economic and personal vulnerabilities to involve children and young people in criminal activities. Recruitment can take many...
