United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

<p>The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime  is a <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a> office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Office_at_Vienna/cGtFG9IQ">United Nations Office at Vienna</a>, adopting the current name in 2002.
</p><p>The agency's focus is the trafficking and abuse of <a href="/facts/Illicit_drugs/eaTugrky">illicit drugs</a>, <a href="/facts/Crime_prevention/BNsw5Pqs">crime prevention</a> and <a href="/facts/Criminal_justice/7dJlkbS3">criminal justice</a>, international <a href="/facts/Terrorism/DHJGPJ6P">terrorism</a>, and <a href="/facts/Political_corruption/8BmgHbSL">political corruption</a>. It is a member of the <a href="/facts/United_Nations_Development_Group/qsUW3ET3">United Nations Development Group</a>. In 2022–23, it had an estimated biannual budget of US$822 million.
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime