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UN SECURITY COUNCIL ILLICIT ECONOMIES WATCH 2024 SERIES - ILLICIT ECONOMIES

18 Mar 2024

Arguably, the financial incentives linked to to win the goodwill of the international community and even to appeal to certain demographics, such illicit markets are too large – and too significant in the context of a collapsing formal economy – to as the urban population reeling from one of the largest opioid-use epidemics in the world.42 Other be ignored by the Taliban According to the Global Org. [...] Doubts arose initially about the seriousness of the regime’s intentions, given the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the suspension of development aid, which were expected to increase the country’s reliance on the informal and illicit economy Perhaps these concerns led the Taliban to approach the enforcement of the ban with a degree of caution. [...] border to Pakistan, based on the type of drug and the weight of the shipment84 The crackdown on drug consumers constituted the outward-facing campaign, likely aimed at achieving The announcement of the Taliban’s narcotics ban was followed by enhanced enforcement against publicity and public support68 At the same time, the Taliban gradually escalated the implementation the harvesting of ephedra and. [...] The first crystal meth seizure in Afghanistan was recorded in 2014, and seizures surged in 2018 The return of the Taliban to power sparked a massive wave of emigration, which followed decades and 2019.76 The establishment of the methamphetamine market coincided with the curtailing of of displacement caused by conflict and instability since the beginning of the Soviet occupation in methamphetamine. [...] While the EU’s allocation regulatory environment of €10 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNODC, aimed at improving The international community is likely to pay close attention to the situation of Afghanistan’s illicit access to and the quality of mental health and drug use disorder treatment services in economies and the plight of the large groups of the Afghan population who dep.
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