United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Computer monitors are kept on desks inside a workstation at a compound in O'Smach that the Thai military said was used for scam operations, at the Chong Chom-O'Smach border crossing, after clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in December 2025, in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, March 6, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Crime gangs snare more than $88b in scams in Asia-Pacific: UN

The report estimated scam losses across East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand between $88.3 billion and $114.1 billion for 2025, a figure larger than the GDP of several of the...

Alleged scam centre workers and victims are pictured during a crackdown operation by the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy, on February 26, 2025. Photo: BSS/AFP

Scam losses in Asian regions up to $114b in 2025: UN

A deforested area which, according to authorities, is used for coca leaf plantations is seen during an overflight by the Colombian anti-narcotics police in Putumayo, Colombia November 12, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

Record high Colombian cocaine production in 2023: UN

The aftermath of cyclone Sitrang that hit Bangladesh in October. Photo: TBS

Increase in human trafficking observed in Bangladesh after natural disasters: UN

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Webinar held on ‘Victims’ Voices Need to be Heard’

Bangladesh permanent representative presents credentials to the UNOV executive director and UNODC director-general

Bangladesh permanent representative presents credentials to the UNOV executive director and UNODC director-general

INCB, WHO and UNODC called on governments to ensure supply of controlled medicines during Covid-19

INCB, WHO and UNODC called on governments to ensure supply of controlled medicines during Covid-19