UNODC milestones in Europe, West and Central Asia (2015 - 2019)

Counter narcotics law enforcement

(Triangular initiative; AKT, MaReS, CARICC)

Criminal Justice/ Judicial Cooperation

(CASH initiative, AML/ illicit financial flows activities promoted through the

regional networks of prosecutors/ FIU’s)

Social and human development

(HIV/AIDS drug prevention, treatment rehabilitation south-south

cooperation, regional cooperation to support development opportunities

in Afghanistan.)

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The Paris Pact Initiative

A partnership to combat illicit traffic in opiates originating in Afghanistan

Detecting and blocking Financial Flows within the framework of the Paris Pact Initiative (PPI)

1. 2008: 1st EWG on Financial Flows and 1st Action Plan (Orange Paper)

2. 2009: the Tashkent Questionnaire (circulated in 2010 and 2013)

3. The Third Ministerial Conference of the PPI and the Vienna Declaration

4. Phase IV of the PPI

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- operationalization of its predecessor Rainbow Strategy and of the Vienna Declaration

Rainbow Strategy Papers

Vienna Declaration

Cocaine Flows

Heroin Flows

From following the drugs to following the money

Rise of purity-adjusted heroin prices, 2009

Source: World Drug Report 2011

Cocaine retail prices in selected countries, 2011 or latest year available, in US$ per gram

(purity-adjusted)

* Data for the United States refer to

transactions of 2 grams or less. Bulk

(unadjusted) price refers to UNODC

est imate obtained from purity-

adjusted price and typical purity.

New Zealand

(midpoint 2011)

Australia 2011-12

(weighted average)

(purity-adjusted)

* Purity data for Australia refer to seizures

of 2 grams or less by the state police.

Prices were weighted according to arrests

made in the states in 2011-12.

4.4 bl, 0.3% 2009GDP

0.7% 2011GDP

In the making: impact of opiate

financial flows through the Balkans