Brasília, 21 November 2022 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Brazil and its partners, such as the National Secretariat for Drug Policy (SENAD), the Federal Police (PF) and the National Secretariat for Drug Care and Prevention (SENAPRED), presented various aspects of the global drug problem to the Mini Dublin Group, an initiative of the government of Spain that organises meetings in several Latin American and Caribbean countries to gather information on drug trafficking and other related issues.
The meeting took place at the Spanish Embassy and was also attended by representatives from several embassies and from bodies that work in inspection, criminal activity investigation and prevention.
The theme was presented by Elena Abbati (UNODC Brazil representative), Gabriel Andreuccetti (coordinator of the Centre of Excellence for Drug Supply Reduction (CoE), as well as some of its partners, such as Gustavo Camilo Baptista (general coordinator of investment, Projects, Monitoring and Evaluation (SENAD), João Luiz Caetano de Araújo (general coordinator of the Police for Repression of Drugs, Arms and Criminal Factions (PF) and Cláudia Leite, national director of Care, Prevention and Social Reintegration, (SENAPRED).
The coordinator of the CdE, Gabriel Andreuccetti, presented a comprehensive studies published in recent years within the scope of the Centre, such as the analysis on the impact of COVID-19 on drug trafficking, methodologies on drug pricing, the improvement of asset management flows, and support for the Rapid Alert System on Drugs (SAR), which is an institutional arrangement (coordinated by SENAD and made up of representatives of the FP, SENAPRED, the National Public Security Secretariat - SENASP, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA), and the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service (RF) to deal, in particular, with the emergence of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
Elena Abbati, director of UNODC Brazil, while stating the complexity of the drug problem, congratulated the work developed by PF, SENAD and SENAPRED which is recognized worldwide.
Learn more about the Centre of Excellence for Drug Supply Reduction (CdE)- a partnership among SENAD, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UNODC, which aims to produce specialised knowledge in the area of drugs and support the system for managing assets derived from trafficking.
Mini Dublin Group - The aim of the meetings is to produce a report that will feed into the work of the Dublin Group, an informal consultation and coordination mechanism dedicated to global, regional, and national problems in cases of production, trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs.
The Dublin Group is an ad hoc organization composed of the member countries of the European Union, the United States, Japan, Norway, Canada, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which deals with issues relating to the problem of drug production, consumption, and trafficking at the global and regional levels.
