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UNODC Forensic Services
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🚨 Major drug control step: China now controls nitazene analogues under class scheduling (from 1 July 2025). Generic legislation is an example of national legislative approaches to control NPS. 🔗
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UNODC Forensic Services
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RT @CanadaDev: On #WorldDrugDay, 🇨🇦 supports @UNODC in strengthening synthetic drug investigations. ✔84 officers and experts trained in in….
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UNODC Forensic Services
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📱 Complementing the manual, we also launched the Clandestine Laboratory Investigation Platform (CLIP), an innovative, interactive tool designed to support real-time investigations into clandestine drug manufacturing. 🔗 #WorldDrugDay #StopOrganizedCrime
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UNODC Forensic Services
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🌍 On this #WorldDrugDay 2025, @unodc_lab highlights a key milestone in our fight against illicit drugs: the launch of the Guidelines for Dismantling Clandestine Laboratories – a vital tool for safe, effective lab dismantling. 📘 🔗 #StopOrganizedCrime
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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🔬 From Port-of-Spain to Phnom Penh, @UNODC LSS is scaling up forensic training to fight synthetic drug threats. From fingerprints to fake IDs, science is key to justice. The evidence is clear: prevention starts with strong capacity. #WorldDrugDay #StopOrganizedCrime
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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With support from 🇦🇺@dfat , 🇰🇷S. Korea & @UNODC, Cambodia removed hundreds of tons of toxic chemicals abandoned by illegal drug labs, helping prevent environmental damage and protect public health. A vital effort ahead of #WorldDrugDay 2025. 🔗
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UNODC Forensic Services
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RT @UNODC_SEAP: The faint chemical stench was the first clue. When authorities raided a rundown warehouse near Phnom Penh, they expecte….
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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The @UNODC is raising the alarm on synthetic drugs in Cambodia. In a recent interview, our colleague @raithelhuber warns of rising threats to health, safety & stability. 📺Watch: 📰Article:
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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Criminal networks adapt fast, and so do we. @UNODC trained the officers to spot forged documents, process crime scenes & uncover drug smuggling tactics. The goal: disrupt synthetic drug trafficking with science-backed, cross-border investigations.
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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From fraudulent IDs to hidden compartments: 16 officers from 🇧🇴🇪🇨🇵🇦🇵🇪trained in Lima to strengthen their border control & forensic skills. Goal: disrupt synthetic drug crimes earlier, build stronger cases & protect communities. 🙏🏻 @CanadaFP, @UNODC_SDS & @AIRCOP_UNODC !
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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From fraudulent IDs to hidden compartments: 16 officers from 🇧🇴🇪🇨🇵🇦🇵🇪trained in Lima to strengthen their border control & forensic skills. Goal: disrupt synthetic drug crimes earlier, build stronger cases & protect communities. 🙏🏻 @CanadaFP, @UNODC_SDS & @AIRCOP_UNODC !
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UNODC Forensic Services
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🚨 Four potent synthetic opioids are now under international control:.1. N-pyrrolidino protonitazene.2. N-pyrrolidino metonitazene.3. Etonitazepipne.4. N-desethyl isotonitazene.Controls took effect 9 June. HHC & carisoprodol follow in Dec. Read more here:
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UNODC Forensic Services
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RT @GhadaFathiWaly: Encouraged by recent progress in Cambodia: 100+ tons of toxic chemicals removed from high-risk sites, reducing the thre….
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UNODC Forensic Services
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🚨 600+ tons of toxic chemicals seized in Cambodia from illicit labs. With unstable storage threatening lives and the environment, UNODC is taking action. 100+ tons safely relocated so far—next up: safe disposal. Grateful to all partners making this possible.
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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Brorphine analogues are emerging in North America and Europe. These NPS synthetic opioids pose serious risks. What are they and what does this mean for public health, forensic labs & overdose response?. 📢 Read more:
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UNODC Forensic Services
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🚨 When dangerous synthetic drugs cross borders, frontline officers are often the first and only line of defense. Customs officers from 🇦🇷 🇨🇱 🇵🇾 🇺🇾 trained at UNODC LSS to master rapid, safe detection of potent synthetic opioids using advanced field tools.
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UNODC Forensic Services
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❗32 °C and 80% humidity — tough conditions for wearing full protective gear, but Cambodian officers are training to safely handle toxic chemicals from illicit ketamine labs. @UNODC provides support through an Australia DFAT-funded project to reduce related risks. @AusAmbVIE
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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🔍 Join us at #CCPCJ34 for a hands-on side event!. 👉Going Beyond Interdiction of Synthetic Drug Trafficking. 🗓 19 May | 🕐 13:10–14:10 CET. 📍 Vienna International Centre, M3. Featuring a live mock crime scene and security document examination demo!.
@UNODC_SDS
UNODC Synthetic Drug Strategy
2 months
🔎In Vienna for #CCPCJ? Join us TODAY @ 1PM in M3 for an interactive event organized by @CostaRicaONU w/ support from @GAC_Corporate, showcasing scientifically informed capacity-building initiatives across Latin America & the Caribbean to address synthetic drug-related crimes.
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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📣Over 1,200 NPS are in circulation—many undetectable by standard lab methods. This week experts gathered for a @UNODC workshop to boost forensic lab capacity in Tashkent. Topics incl. NPS detection, chain of custody, quality control, & accreditation. ➡️Labs must stay ahead.
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@unodc_lab
UNODC Forensic Services
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100x stronger than morphine—synthetic opioids are no joke. 🧪💥.This week, officers from Brazil & Mozambique are training at the UN Lab to safely handle unknown substances & spot dangerous drugs using cutting-edge tools. Protecting lives starts here. 🌍👮‍♂️@UNODC_SDS @UNODC_MCP
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UNODC Forensic Services
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We were honoured to welcome Ms. Laura Rissanen, State Secretary to the Minister of Social Security of Finland, to the UN Narcotics Laboratory. Her visit reflects Finland’s strong support for science-based drug policy & our 35-year partnership w/ the Finnish Institute for Health.
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