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From national evidence to regional strategies

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Transnational threats such as drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking, and illicit markets, among others, require coordinated responses based on solid evidence. At the most recent session of the Hemispheric Security Commission (HSC) of the Organization of American States (OAS), member states addressed a comprehensive agenda that combines statistical modernization, police professionalization, and operational cooperation. In his opening remarks, Carlos Bernardo Cherniak, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the Organization of American States (OAS), said: “This meeting provides us with a valuable opportunity to discuss this important issue of joint data generation and to continue advancing our efforts to obtain quality data on multidimensional security.”

In Latin America and the Caribbean, as in other parts of the world, various illicit economic activities have an impact on security, the economy, and institutions. However, there are phenomena at the national level that affect specific regional patterns and that can be characterized using high-quality statistical information. Adriana Oropeza, director of the UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence (CdE), presented two global overviews, one on cocaine seizures and the second on human trafficking, which can be constructed based on information reported by Member States. She mentioned that understanding these phenomena requires comparable data, robust statistical systems, and international cooperation. To this end, she presented the progress made by the region in reporting five questionnaires to UNODC on crime, drugs, illicit trafficking in firearms, and human trafficking.

Likewise, the head of the Information and Knowledge Section of the Department of Public Security of the Organization of American States (OAS), shared the report on efforts made within the framework of the United Nations Study on Crime Trends and the Functioning of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS), in which the OEA plays a fundamental role in supporting countries in proper reporting.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime promotes one of the most comprehensive global efforts to collect and harmonize statistics on crime and justice. The results of these efforts are reflected in global knowledge products such as the Global Study on Homicide, the World Drug Report, and the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, which are available alongside comparable databases on the UNODC Data Portal.

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