Casinos & online gambling in SoutheastAsia offer opportunities to criminals to launder illegal profits if #AML regulatory framework & enforcement are weak. UN Office on Drugs & Crime & the #MekongAustralianPartnership-#TransnationalCrime support countries in disrupting #MoneyLaundering in the sector

Met w/ the #SupremeCourt of the PHL 🇵🇭 today to discuss strategies for reducing #prisonovercrowding thru enhancements in criminal procedure rules and #JusticeSector coordination. #nelsonmandelarules UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific UN Philippines Philippine Supreme Court Public Information Office Official news: bit.ly/3f1frZ2

Great discussions with #Philippines authorities to explore steps for establishing #EarlyWarning for emerging substances in the country Dangerous Drugs Board. Necessary given the rapidly evolving synthetic drug situation. #GlobalSMART. Martin Raithelhuber

Day 1 of training for the #SAFEProject team at Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand, getting ready to kick-off field surveys in 🇹🇭🇱🇦🇻🇳 to prevent zoonotic diseases and #EndWildlifeCrime

From a request of #borderofficers for support on #TiPSoM investigation cases & victimID, to a successful UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific 🇹🇭#BLOnetwork training ytd! Victim-cantered techniques emphasized, field experience shared, challenges discussed& solutions proposed, friendship fostered!🙏🏾Japan

This week, in our joint UNODC Response to Criminal and Terrorist Finance/UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific Criminal Justice Team training on AML/CFT & international cooperation, police officers, prosecutors & judges from 🇰🇭 discussed during case studies what evidence would need to be presented to a court for a conviction to be obtained ⚖️

.UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific 🤝🏽political science faculty #Thammasat 🇹🇭university, navigating regional #geopolitics & dynamics that produce complex patterns of cooperation, competition, conflict, #TOC crime&security in #IndoPacific. Special emphasis on land #border and #maritime. Stay tuned!

Excited to visit ⁦ASEAN⁩ for #ASEANACT in partnership with ⁦UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific⁩ to learn more about international cooperation against #humantrafficking ⁦Tiffany McDonald⁩ ⁦Rebecca Miller⁩

Recent meeting with Laos Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Security Lakhamfong was surprisingly candid about spillover from Myanmar, as well as governance, security, and drug and crime related challenges. Important follow-up has started in the country and region

Important briefing at UN 🇺🇳 HQ New York Monday October 3 at 11.00👉Transnational #organizedcrime and related security challenges in Southeast Asia #ASEAN, responding with improved border management co-hosted by 🇹🇭 Permanent Mission of Thailand to the UN UN Office on Drugs & Crime. More information👇UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific UNODC New York Office

Good discussions after meeting with Laos DPM and PS Minister with his Thai counterpart Minister of Justice Somsak and SG Chaimongkol on transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, and some important but difficult steps the region needs to take to address vulnerabilities

The Mekong in Pakse Laos - stunning. Crossed from Ubon at Vang Tao with Lao, Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese officials going overland to Phnom Penh. UNODC Southeast Asia-Pacific looking at the Sithandon SEZ, doing an organized crime and trafficking assessment. A part of the region that needs focus

Future location of the Sithandon SEZ here at the Khone and Phapheng Falls Laos just north of the Cambodia border. Beautiful spot. Investors and agreements in place for casino and conference hotel complex, and apparently moving. Important it isn't a repeat of the GT SEZ experience

First trip to Beijing since the border reopened. Important discussions with the Ministry of Public Security and different agencies on coming Mekong Ministerial and regional organized crime situation - a sense of urgency, and acknowledgement govts need to get together on solutions

And from Beijing to meetings in Macau. Good to be back, particularly in the old city. A fascinating place that is deeply connected to SE Asia and too often overlooked - changing fast