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Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says urgent strengthening of regional and international cooperation is needed to identify and manage emerging new jurisdictional manifestations of drug trafficking.
Marwa made the call during the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice on Wednesday in Kyoto, Japan.
In a statement by the agency’s Director Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Wednesday in Abuja, Marwa said criminals and organised criminal groups had deployed new strategies.
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This, he said, was through increased online criminal activities in a bid to navigate the global shutdown of traditional trafficking routes following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Madam President, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen,
1. On behalf of the Republic of Finland, I want to congratulate the Government of Japan and the Secretariat of the UNODC for organising the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Finland fully aligns itself with the statement of the European Union and its Member States, delivered by Commissioner Ylva Johansson.
2. The preparations have been carried out through during the ongoing pandemic. The circumstances have been most demanding. We are most grateful for your determined work, and we thank you for bringing us together for this great event, whether we are participating in person or online. The organisation of the Congress will give direction to the entire United Nations in how to maintain high standards even in difficult circumstances.
By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) has called for an urgent strengthening of regional and international cooperation to identify and manage emerging new jurisdictional manifestations of drug trafficking.
This is just as the NDLEA boss put the loss accruing from activities of drug merchants to over 400 billion dollars to foreign havens, stolen and expatriated by corrupt leaders and their foreign accomplices, including multinational companies.
Marwa made the appeal on Wednesday, while speaking at the 14th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, taking place in Kyoto, Japan.