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Money Laundering Roundtable (part 1)

Chair: opens meeting and lays down the rules of the roundtable. Full title is “international cooperation: countering money-laundering and promoting judicial cooperation”. Secretariat: Money laundering is a problem connected to the international trade in drugs. More countries criminalised money laundering in 2013 than in 2012. Many banks have started conducting better checks on accounts, and keeping …

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Supply Reduction Roundtable Part 3

Egypt. Has felt magnitude of threat at all levels.  Comprehensive strategy to counter.  Liquidation of criminal rings.  Combating precursors and chemical drugs.  Have been making every effort to combat illicit cultivaton of all drugs including opium.  Have also been combating production of precursors and all chemical drugs.  Egypt as transit country for Afghanistan drugs.  Developing …

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Supply Reduction Roundtable Part 2

Algeria.  Cannabis tons seized.  Crime is becoming more transnational in nature.  Measures taken by Algeria.  Awareness building and legislation.  Capacity building needed for developing countries. Indonesia. Sea, air and land protection needed from drug trafficking syndicates.  Dismantling and detecting clandestine laboratories.  Consistent drug law enforcement exercise in order to??? (Very hard to understand this, sorry) …

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Round Table Discussion Supply Reduction

Chair went over rules.  Three minute limit.  No national Statements.  Member States first then NGOs. First Statement: UNODC. Mr. Hugo. In 2009 PD and POA adopted. 1)  Cooperation, need for close coordination between authorities, interception. 2) precursor control.  need to prevent introduction. 3) Alternative development.  Need to implement strategies. Thanks to ENCOD for a great …

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Round table A on demand reduction – Ambassador of Sri Lanka Aziz on behalf of Group of 77 and China

Full support of Group of 77 and China for HLS.  Since 2009 adoption of Plan of Action (POA), goals and targets.  World Drug Problem (WDP) remains a common and shared responsibility.  Effective and enhanced regional cooperation to counter problem.  Integrated multidisciplinary, mutually reinforcing approach to Demand and Supply.  Necessary to understand social and economic drivers …

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