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Author : Yu. Fedotov
Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
As regards drugs and crime, they are one of the
most important areas of international activity.
They in fact constitute a global challenge. The
UN Office combats various types of interna-
tional crime related to drugs, human trafficking,
corruption, money laundering, and terrorism.
Meeting these challenges takes a coordinated and
integrated approach.
It's no secret that terrorism is being largely sus-
tained precisely with drug money. All these
things are interconnected. This is why it is important for the international community to have
a global and all-embracing strategy for combating transnational crime.
My main objective is to have the Office work as efficiently as possible. My employees are skilled
experts; we issue many interesting analytical materials and develop various programs. Thus we
have the required potential.
The global action plan to combat drug trafficking was adopted one year ago. Now it's time to
act on it.
It is necessary to move ahead along three interrelated fronts. One: to combat the drug business,
starting with the manufacture of drugs and ending with the taking of drugs.
Two: to take into account the whole range of factors pertaining to organized crime.
Three: to coordinate efforts on the national, regional and global scale.
And when we manage to achieve coordinated action along all three fronts, we would be able
then to say that we have the real prospect to put drug business out of business.
Between two and three million people become slaves around the world every year. They are
women and children who are forced into prostitution through deception and intimidation.
They are people forced to beg or take part in armed conflicts. In some instances, human traf-
ficking is aimed at procuring human organs for transplantation. Modern slave traders earn a
total of $32 billion a year.
Both trading in humans and illegal migration are going hand in hand with corruption. Without
corruption, without bribes paid to bureaucrats, it is impossible to organize illegal trade in hu-
mans, move them from one country to another and solve emigration problems. These are links
in a single chain which should be cut.
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The UN: Combating Drugs and Organized Crime