Who We Are

UNODC Southeast Asia and the Pacific has a team of over 200 providing advice and technical assistance related to the rule of law, non-traditional security threats, law enforcement, criminal justice and drug-related supply and health issues. The Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok is home to a multi-disciplinary team of 50 regional programme managers, advisors and administrators working with, and supporting, Member States and regional organisations, and aligned country offices.

Regional Representative

Masood Karimipour
Regional Representative
Southeast Asia and the Pacific
masood.karimipour[at]un.org

@M_Karimipour

Deputy Regional Representative

Benedikt Hofmann
Deputy Regional Representative
Southeast Asia and the Pacific
benedikt.hofmann[at]un.org

Operations Team
unodc-thailandfield
office[at]un.org

Drugs and precursors

Lili Sang
Programme Officer (Mekong MOU)
lili.sang[at]un.org

Inshik Sim
Research Officer (Illicit Drugs)
inshik.sim[at]un.org

@yasdre
Photos

Reiner Pungs
Programme Officer (Precursors Trafficking)
reiner.pungs[at]un.org

John Wojcik
Regional Analyst
Organized Crime Analysis and Threat Monitoring
john.wojcik[at]un.org

@johnwseap

Smuggling of migrants and human trafficking

Rebecca Miller
Regional Programme Coordinator
Human Trafficking/Smuggling of Migrants
rebecca.miller[at]un.org

Sylwia Gawronska
Regional Programme Advisor
Human Trafficking & Migrant Smuggling
sylwia.gawronska[at]un.org

@Syl_G13

Wildlife and forest crime

Tao Zhiqiang
Programme Officer
Global Programme for Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime
zhiqiang.tao[at]un.org

@SamTZQ
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Border management

Riku Lehtovuori
Regional Coordinator - Law Enforcement & Training Affairs
Border Management
riku.lehtovuori[at]un.org

E. Felipe De La Torre
Regional Coordinator – Policy & Outreach
Border Management
felipe.delatorre[at]un.org

Anti-money laundering

Fabrizio Fioroni
Anti-Money Laundering/Counter
Financing of Terrorism Adviser
fabrizio.fioroni[at]un.org

@fabrifioroni

Aibek Turdukulov
Programme Officer
(Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing of Terrorism)
aibek.turdukulov[at]un.org

Cybercrime

Joshua James
Regional Counter-Cybercrime Coordinator
joshua.james[at]un.org

@dfirscience

jijames/

Himal Ojha
Digital Forensics Expert
himal.ojha[at]un.org

@o_h1992

Maritime

Shanaka Jayasekara
Regional Programme Coordinator
Maritime Crime - South East Asia and the Pacific
shanaka.jayasekara[at]un.org

Anti-corruption

Annika Wythes
Team Lead, Anti-Corruption Hub for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
annika.wythes[at]un.org

@annika_wythes

Megumi Hara
Crime prevention and criminal justice officer (anti-corruption)
megumi.hara[at]un.org

@megumiha_

Terrorism prevention

Niki Esse de Lang
Research Officer
Counter-Terrorism
delang[at]un.org

@nikiesse

Ekraj Sabur
Terrorism Prevention Officer
ekraj.sabur[at]un.org

Criminal Justice Systems

Marion Ehalt
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer
marion.ehalt[at]un.org

Aki Okanan
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer (Prison Reform)
aki.okanan[at]un.org

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