Better data on corruption can reduce its impact, support sustainable development

Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’

adminDecember 8, 2023September 17, 2024010 mins

The Executive Director of UNODC, Ghada Waly, was speaking ahead of what she describes as a “milestone” meeting taking place in Atlanta in the United States which will discuss how to improve international cooperation and to better prevent and tackle corruption. It’s widely accepted that corruption diverts crucial resources, hampers essential services, enables organized crime, and deepens inequalities and grievances. As the UN marks International Anti-Corruption…

Block more than 2800 social media accounts promoting drugs

adminJuly 17, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Interior has blocked more than 2,800 drug-promoting social media accounts in the past three years. The Ministry of Home Affairs, along with law enforcement agencies and social media companies, monitored online platforms to identify accounts involved in the sale and purchase of banned goods. Brigadier Saeed Al Suwaidi,…

Emirates Arrested Asian Man For Promoting Arrogant Thought In Arabic Dress

adminJuly 10, 2023September 14, 202402 mins

File photo An Asian man was arrested in the United Arab Emirates for promoting arrogance in Arabic clothing. A video of an Asian man has gone viral on social media in which the man enters a car showroom with wads of currency notes. This person gives someone a wad of notes to drink juice and…

Colombia: Implementing peace deal, promoting dialogue ‘inextricably linked’

adminApril 13, 2023September 11, 202403 mins

The two aims are important aspects of the Government’s Total Peace Policy and have become “inextricably linked”, he said. “It is hard to envision either fully succeeding without the other, given the realities on the ground in many of the conflict-affected areas where violence by remaining armed groups is a major obstacle to implement the…