Methamphetamine trafficking in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries is surging, according to a report published on Sunday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly a third amid soaring prices, and despite the multiple humanitarian and economic crises facing the country and it’s Taliban rulers, said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday.
Only one out of 100 people are rescued from human trafficking according to a senior UN official working on the issue.
Simone Monasebian is head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in New York.
Victims of human trafficking include those in arranged marriages; forced labour, sexual exploitation, child labour, child soldiers, and even those whose bodily organs are stolen.
