UNODC reviews strategy against trans-border crimes

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has called for continued collaboration among stakeholders to stem the tide of organised trans-national crimes by connecting the dots between the origin, transit, and destination countries.

According to the Deputy Country Representative, UNODC, Danilo Campisi, collaboration among countries to tackle trans-border crimes is essential because it will provide the opportunity to share experiences and best practices among law implementing bodies charged with the task of fighting such crimes.

He made the call at the ongoing yearly meeting the Global Programme on Criminal Network Disruption (GPCD) for Disrupting Criminal Networks operating along illicit Trafficking Routes (CRIIMJUST), organised in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), ECOWAS and funded by the European Union (EU) and the United States Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) in Abuja.

He said: “CRIMJUST is one of the many UNODC programmes that are being designed to tackle phenomenon of trans-national crime. It links different regions such as Latin America, West Africa, Europe and connects practitioners and investigators to sort of share experiences and best practices in the fight against organised crime.”