Transcript Latest Developments and Key Initiatives in the region

Latest Developments and Key
Initiatives in the region
Twenty-ninth Meeting of Heads of National Drug
Law Enforcement Agencies, Asia and the Pacific
7 – 11 November 2005
Hanoi, Viet Nam
Opium poppy cultivation
in Myanmar
-80% since 1996
180,000
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
-26% from
last year
60,000
32,800
44,200
62,200
81,400
105,000
108,700
89,500
130,300
155,150
163,000
154,070
146,600
165,800
153,700
0
160,000
20,000
150,100
40,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
US Department of State
GoUM - UNODC
Global opium poppy
cultivation
300,000
250,000
hectares
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Afghanistan
Myanmar
Lao PDR
Rest of the World
Methamphetamine pill
seizures in the region (2004)
1.2
Index (Using Year 2000 as Baseline)
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0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
2000
2001
2002
Year
2003
2004
Crystalline
methamphetamine seizures
in the region (2004)
1.2
Index (Using Year 2000 as Baseline)
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
2000
2001
2002
Year
2003
2004
Methamphetamine
abuse trend in 2004
Street-level availability
Brunei
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Cambodia
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China
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Indonesia
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Lao PDR
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Malaysia
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Myanmar
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Philippines
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Singapore
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Thailand
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Vietnam
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Pill form
Crystalline form
 Increase  Decrease  No change  Not reported
Trafficking in Precursor
Chemicals
and Illicit ATS manufacture
Philippines
Current scenario:
• Illicit methamphetamine
manufacture: Myanmar border
regions, SE China still main
focal points; Philippines - new
focal point; Other countries
targeted e.g. Malaysia, Fiji
• Indonesia - emerging base for
illicit MDMA manufacture
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Labs
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‘02 ‘03 ‘04
Year
IDU population & HIV
prevalence among
IDUs (1998/2003)
IRAN
112,000 – 300,000 AFGHANISTAN
23,000 – 45,000
PAKISTAN
54,000 – 870,000
BHUTAN
unknown
NEPAL
24,000 – 58,000
IDU POPULATION
LAOS
5,000 – 11,000
HIV PREVALENCE
Bangladesh: 0 – 2.6%
Brunei Dar. : 3.8%
INDIA
563,000 – 2,025,000
India: 1.3 – 81%
Indonesia: 14.9 – 56%
Laos: 0%
Malaysia: 10 - 40%
THAILAND
20,000-76,000
Myanmar: 7 – 92.3%
Pakistan: 0 – 0.04%
Philippines: 0 – 1%
VIETNAM
70,000 – 156,000
BANGLADESH
25,000 – 170,00
Iran: 0 – 13%
Nepal: 8.3 – 80%
MYANMAR
90,000 – 300,000
MALDIVES
unknown
SRI LANKA
18,000 – 38,000
Singapore: 1.7%
Thailand: 20 – 90.9%
Viet Nam: 0 – 89.4%
UN Reference Group on HIV/AIDS prevention and care among IDU
CAMBODIA
300 – 1,000 BRUNEI
3,000 – 4,000
MALAYSIA
150,000 – 240,000
SINGAPORE
10,000-20,000
www.idurefgroup.or
Laying
Lweje
Jinghong
Qinsuihe
Chin Shwehaw
81 kms.
Guan Lei
Dongxing
Wan Keng Mengla
Loung Namtha Mong Cai
Xiang
Kok
Wan Pong
Ban Mom
Tachilek
Ton Phueng
Bokeo
Mae Sai Chieng Khong
Cau Treo
Chieng Saen
Lac Sao
Quang Tri
Myawaddy
Mae Sot
Phetsawan
Chong Mek
Aranyaprathet
Poi Pet
Hardlek
Bavet
Koh Kong
Kaam Samnor
Kaw Tawng
Chreng Thom
Ranong
Pone Thong
Dong Kalor
Stueng Treng
Moc Bai
Song Tien
Long Binh
Forty two Border Liaison Offices (BLOs) have been established under the support of UNODC RAS/D91 Project.
More than 240 AD/RAS/99/D91
Officers and fully working at high risk border areas among 6 MOU Countries
Regional
Initiative
Second ACCORD Congress
•New Plan of Action for each Pillar
of
ACCORD for 2005-2010
•Congress Declaration
•Special Initiative on ATS-related
crimes
Special Initiative
on ATS-related
crimes
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Proposed regional joint law
enforcement operations
• ATS and their precursors –
backtracking operations
• Target cases
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Standard Operating Procedures
Further
challenges
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Ketamine
Psycotropic substances – Internet
sales / Cyber trafficking.
Presentation by Mr. Akira Fujino
Representative
UNODC Regional Centre
for East Asia and the Pacific
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