Transnational & organised crime

News4 April 2025

What will Sara Carter of Fox News bring as the US's new 'drug czar'?

Trump has nominated Carter, a former right-wing journalist, to lead a tough-on-crime agenda at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, despite a lack of relevant experience.

News5 March 2025

What you need to know about the criminal groups the US just labeled ‘terrorists’

Criminalised supply networks are harmful, but designating them as terrorist groups is an ill-fitting response that will disproportionately harm vulnerabilised people.

News16 December 2024

Trump’s threats of tariffs as a response to migration and the fentanyl overdose crisis

While such tariffs may seem a persuasive political message, they hinder bilateral engagement, defer blame, and perpetuate the very problems they claim to address.

Publications14 November 2024

After the war on drugs: The impacts of cocaine and cannabis regulation in Rio de Janeiro

GI-TOC explores legal regulation's potential to diminish the power held by organised crime groups, mitigate violence and reduce incarceration.

Publications15 September 2024

Drug market risk environment and navigational strategies of street-level dealers in Nigeria

Nelson et al. investigate the many tactics street dealers use to mitigate risks of police harassment, arrest, and violence, and call on the government to focus on systemic rather than law enforcement solutions.

Publications20 June 2024

World Drug Report 2024

UNODC provide an update on global drug markets, trends, and policy developments – including, for the first time, a chapter on the right to health and drug use.

Publications1 April 2024

EU drug markets analysis 2024: key insights for policy and practice

EMCDDA and Europol raise concerns on the threats of highly potent synthetic substances and the need to invest in harm reduction approaches, as one of the policy options to address the drug situation in Europe.

News21 August 2023

If you care about the climate crisis, fight to legalise drugs

Huge profits from the drug trade are financing illegal industries responsible for destroying much of the Amazon, highlighting the often overlooked and complex relationship between drug prohibition and environmental degradation.

News18 May 2022

The drug trade now flourishing in Afghanistan: Meth

Long a hub for opium production, the country has now seen vastly increased production of meth from native ephedra plants in the wake of economic and political crisis, spiking fears of increased meth use disorders both domestically and abroad.

News6 May 2022

Honduras shows how drug policy is also climate policy

Prohibition bloats profits benefitting informal networks that use their power to control land, wealth and civil servants, with dire impacts on the environment and indigenous communities.

News5 May 2022

Biden’s new drug control strategy: Long overdue focus on harm reduction and other takeaways

The Biden administration’s drug control strategy; centering on treatment and harm reduction

Publications8 December 2021

The drug situation in Afghanistan 2021 – Latest findings and emerging trends

UNODC notes an increase in the opium harvest and calls for international assistance, including to support people who use drugs' access to healthcare.

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