United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Releases Its Report on Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Author:

Michael Plachta

Volume:

29

Issue:

6

Abstract:

On April 16, 2013, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a report, Transnational Organized Crime in East Asia and the Pacific: A Threat Assessment.^{^[2]} This is the first comprehensive study of transnational organized crime threats in East Asia and the Pacific. It details the criminal flows involved and provides estimates of annual revenues generated for criminal groups by activities related to human trafficking and migrant smuggling, illicit drugs (heroin and methamphetamine), environmental crime (wildlife, wood products, e-waste and ozone-depleting substances), and counterfeit consumer goods and fake medicines.^{^[3]}