Grants and Contributions

The project aims to reinforce Haiti’s ability to prevent, detect, investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate corruption, economic crimes and money laundering cases, while also supporting the operationalization of the two specialized judicial poles that were created in April 2025 in Haiti with the mandates to strengthen the investigation and prosecution of corruption and complex financial crimes, and to address grave human rights violations and cases involving organized criminal networks.
The project will work with local civil society organisations in their efforts to advocate for government accountability and exert pressure for greater transparency and judicial efficiency and integrity. As part of the project, UNODC will also provide resources and engage the media, investigative journalists, and the private sector through targeted training and capacities-building initiatives to strengthen evidence-based reporting, safe denunciation mechanisms and more effective collaboration with oversight and judicial authorities in the fight against corruption.
The UNODC will work with the OAS (Organisation of American States) and the OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) in the implementation of this project.
Project activities include: (1) providing resources, secure digital infrastructure, and training for magistrates of the specialized judicial units to ensure better coordination on justice processes ; (2) providing support, equipment and training to the Joint Task Force on Anti-Corruption to increase their capacities to effectively detect, investigate and prosecute corruption cases, including in collaboration with international partners ; (3) developing national anti-corruption and anti-money laundering strategies and support the development of legislative and institutional frameworks for combatting financial crimes ; (4) providing support to the media and the private sector to denounce and report corruption, and organizing anti-awareness campaigns and supporting the civil society in their advocacy for anti-corruption reforms and effective prosecution.

This project aims to reduce threats from terrorist financing and money laundering in North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) through strengthened, human-rights compliant, and gender responsive national and regional financial oversight capacity. Project activities include 1) foundational and advanced “follow the money” training, 2) simulated court preparation sessions, 3) on-the-job mentorship for financial intelligence unit (FIU) analysts and 4) specialized workshops on evolving technologies, beneficial ownership, and the abuse of the non-profit sector in terrorist financing.

This three-year (2026-29) UNODC implemented project aims to disrupt illicit financial flows that enable the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs, including illicit fentanyl, and their precursor chemicals, reducing threats to global health, safety, and security. It will strengthen international cooperation and national capacities to identify, intercept, and prevent money laundering linked to synthetic drugs, while promoting chemical diversion prevention practices and information-sharing between public and private sector actors. Key activities include: (1) specialized training for financial investigative units (FIU), law enforcement, and criminal justice officials to enhance identification and interdiction of illicit financial flows tied to synthetic drug production and trafficking; (2) three meetings of the Financial Institutions Against Drugs (FIAD) network to foster increased public/private cooperation (3) developing Chemical Diversion Prevention (CDP) scoring to support regulation, investment decisions, and compliance among chemical industry partners.

This initiative aims to strengthen maritime security and disrupt criminal networks operating along key maritime mobility corridors in the North Caribbean, with a focus on Haiti. The project will enhance regional cooperation among countries including Haiti, Jamaica, The Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. It addresses the growing threat of transnational organized crime, particularly drug and arms trafficking, by improving intelligence sharing, operational coordination, and law enforcement capabilities. Activities include joint training, strategic threat mapping, and cooperative investigations to dismantle criminal business models fueling violence and instability in the region.

The second phase of TURQUESA aims to support beneficiary countries in disrupting and dismantling organized crime groups that engage in trafficking in persons (TIP) and smuggling of migrants (SOM) in the Americas, thereby eliminating the threat they pose to regional stability and rule of law.

This project will address critical minerals crimes in the Asia-Pacific region through strengthened governance, targeted capacity building, and regional coordination. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will engage national authorities of Mongolia, the Philippines, and Indonesia to prevent, detect, and respond to minerals-related organized crime, including illicit financial flows and corruption. Project activities include: 1) assessments on minerals-sector crime risks and criminal justice solutions; 2) law enforcement capacity building; and 3) convening regional coordination to reduce critical minerals crimes that threaten shared Canadian and Asia-Pacific interests.

This project will contribute to the establishment of a Terrorist Financing (TF) Section within Kenya’s Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) and to enhance the capacity of Kenya’s ATPU, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC) and other relevant institutions to effectively identify, investigate and prosecute TF offences, with the ultimate goal of disrupting, countering, and preventing terrorist financing in Kenya and the East Africa region. The RCMP, in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), will work cooperatively to provide Kenya targeted capacity building and technical assistance training and mentorship, reinforcing an intelligence-led approach and robust investigative program for Kenyan law enforcement agencies. The project will also include the provision of computers and software that will assist officers in carrying out investigations on illicit financial flows and TF. The project is intended to enable Kenya to counter growing terrorist threats within the country and region while also creating standardized responses to advance regional cooperation and cross-border investigations.
Project activities include: 1) a baseline assessment of the ATPU's capacity and a national terrorist financing risk assessment; 2) on-site training, including long-term mentorship to law enforcement officers on terrorist financing, cryptocurrency, strategic analysis, and major case management, to assist in conducting investigations pertaining to terrorist financing offences and strategic decision making to combat illicit financial flows and 3) the provision of equipment, including laptops/computers and software to carry out effective financial investigations.

This Project proposes to support to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ARINSA, scheduled to take place for 3-5 days in the months between September and December 2025 in Zimbabwe – as the ARINSA Presidency. The AGM will bring together 34 contact points to the network (two per country). These contact points are officials involved in the recovery of proceeds of crime such as those from: Asset Forfeiture Units; Financial Intelligence Units; Supervisory authorities; Prosecution and Attorney-General Offices; Police and other law enforcement authorities; Anti-corruption authorities; Tax authorities; Customs authorities; Ministries of Justice and institutions responsible for the management and disbursement of forfeited assets; Central authorities for mutual legal assistance; and the Judiciary. Partners from sister asset recovery networks and other relevant entities, including international partners, will also be in attendance.

ARINSA is a network for cross-border cooperation in the proceeds of crime with the objective to facilitate the proceeds and instrumentalities of all crimes; promote the exchange of information and good practices; establish a network of contact points; facilitate and promote the establishment, where possible, of national centres of excellence in all aspects of tackling the proceeds of crime; act as an advisory group to appropriate authorities; and facilitate capacity building and knowledge sharing in tackling the proceeds of crime.

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of Mexican authorities to control and monitor illicit substances, to detect and dismantle clandestine laboratories, and to better analyze, manage, and dispose of synthetic drugs and chemical precursors. Through such efforts, this project will help counter the production and flow of illicit substances, with a particular focus on synthetic drugs, to and through Mexico with the ultimate objective of enhancing regional safety and security.

To be implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), this project will leverage relevant subject matter expertise to deliver training, equipment, and technical support to enhance Mexico’s capacity to counter the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs and increase relevant information sharing across the wider region.

Project activities will include: (1) Delivery of on-site training on safe handling, disposal, and analysis of synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals; (2) Facilitate and convene discussions with key authorities involved in dismantling synthetic drug laboratories and handling chemical precursors; and (3) Development of a curricula meant for sharing lessons learned and best practices based on current collaborative work and gender responsive mechanisms.

This project aims to strengthen the capacity of Mexican authorities to control and monitor illicit substances, to detect and dismantle clandestine laboratories, and to better analyze, manage, and dispose of synthetic drugs and chemical precursors. Through such efforts, this project will help counter the production and flow of illicit substances, with a particular focus on synthetic drugs, to and through Mexico with the ultimate objective of enhancing regional safety and security.