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María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative for Haiti, said, “I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council that “often invisible but always insidious, transnational organized crime is a vicious threat to peace, security, and sustainable development wherever it operates.” UNIFEED

Governments, international organizations, civil society, youth, and the private sector gathered in Vienna to mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. UNIS

María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative for Haiti, said, “The security situation on the ground continues to deteriorate as growing gang violence plunges the lives of the people of Haiti into disarray and major crimes are rising sharply to new record highs.” UNIFEED

A High-level event at United Nations Headquarters brought together key sports stakeholders such as the President of the Football Federation of Cameroon, former FC Barcelona player Samuel Eto’o, and technology leaders to address the existing gaps and threats of trafficking in sports and how technology can be utilized to find lasting solutions. UNIFEED

During an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, a UN top official said, "Human trafficking is a crime that hides not just in the shadows but in plain sight." UNIFEED

The Secretary-General deeply regrets the decision by the Russian Federation to terminate the implementation of the Black Sea Initiative – including the withdrawal of Russian security guarantees for navigation in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. UNIFEED / FILE

Continued record illicit drug supply and increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises and challenging health services and law enforcement responses, according to the World Drug Report 2023 launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today. UNIFEED / UNODC

A Thai man reduces the harm caused by using crystal meth thanks to a programme supported by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Thailand. UNIFEED / UNODC

The trafficking of illegal narcotics, precursor chemicals, timber and wildlife, people and illicit goods across Southeast Asia is being tackled thanks to the support of the specialized UN agency focusing on drugs and crime (UNODC). UNIFEED