International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime

  Organized crime is often both a product of and contributor to conflict in vulnerable states. The United Nations recognizes the grave threat it poses to mandate implementation, mission effectiveness, and the safety and security of United Nations personnel and facilities and host-State communities. The United Nations Police Division has been tasked with providing technical expertise and assistance to national police and law enforcement institutions in post-conflict settings to prevent, disrupt and dismantle organized criminal activities, including drug trafficking, human trafficking, firearms trafficking and exploitation of natural resources. The United Nations Police Division works closely with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ), the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) , regional groupings such as the African Union (AU) , Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) , European Union (EU) and Member States to design effective and sustai...

The TNT Project being led by the Police Division Serious and Organized Crime (SOC) Team aims to enable United Nations field missions to better address transnational threats , including serious and organized crime, corruption and violent extremism. Given the growing recognition of the risk posed by TNT—as highlighted by Statements by the President of the Security Council (2010/4 and 2012/29), Security Council Resolution 2185 (2014), the report of the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (2015) and the Secretary-General’s report on United Nations policing (2016)—the role of UNPOL in strengthening host-State police capacity to address these challenges has become even more critical. Greater capacity at UN Headquarters and in field missions to respond to TNT would increase the safety and security of UN personnel and facilities and contribute to the implementation of mandates . To date, the project has focused on three short-term deliverables: Develop policy, guidance, templa...