UN To Set Up Office In
Argentina To Fight Drugs, Crime
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina and the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
have agreed to set up an office in Buenos
Aires to coordinate anti-drug and anti-crime
efforts in the region, authorities said
Friday.
The office will start operating by the end
of this year, according to an agreement
signed by Argentine Justice Minister Julio
Alak and UNODC representative Bo Mathiasen.
"Argentina ratifies the decision on moving
ahead against transnational organized crime,
with concrete actions and measures," Alak
said.
The UNODC office will collaborate with
Argentine authorities and the Common Market
of the South (Mercosur) to carry out
programs aimed at fighting trafficking of
drugs, weapons and human beings and money
laundering.
It will also work together with other
offices of the UNODC in the region to fight
drugs and crime. |
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