The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC ; French: Office
des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime) is a United Nations office
that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime
Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control
Program (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Division in the
United Nations Office at Vienna, adopting the current name in 2002.
The agency's focus is the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs, crime
prevention and criminal justice, international terrorism, and political
corruption. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. In
2022–23, it had an estimated biannual budget of US$822 million.
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