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| CONTENTS | Interview
with the Attorney General of Mexico and current Chairperson of CICAD, Rafael Macedo de la Concha: |
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Rehabilitation
of Prisoners in Barbados
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FIUs - working against money laundering |
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The social and economic costs of drugs |
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E-government in the fight against corruption |
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Organic Bananas in Bolivia |
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The Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (VCATOD) |
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| MEXICO: Since Mexico is chairing CICAD this year, we have dedicated the first newsletter of the OID to showcasing Mexico. We have interviewed the Attorney General and we have a published an article on how e-government is being used in Colima, Mexico to fight corruption. |
"We are living in new times, facing a globalized fight against drugs. Currently, the hemispheric vision of this fight takes us to challenges of a new nature, which necessitate and require international collaboration among all states. This collaboration is based on international coordination and effectiveness of national policies -- and more importantly -- this must be emphasized, it is based on the will of all states which are closely intertwined through CICAD... Mexico is a strong proponent of international cooperation. Mexico stands together with all CICAD member states, and from the Chair we will move forward in consolidating the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere in order to increase health and security in the Americas..." View Complete Text of the interview Mexico's National Drug Control Program 2001-2006 (Requires Flash) |
| BARBADOS: Rehabilitating inmates of Glendairy Prison - Interview with Rehabilitation and Counseling Coordinator, Cephus Sealy. |
From
Barbados: Interview with Cephus Sealy, Drug Rehabilitation Coordinator for
the Glendairy Prison in Barbados A focus on spirituality and the 12-step recovery model (used in Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous) are central components of the program, used to assist inmates in achieving their desired goals. The program included education, treatment, counseling and pre-release groups. Other resources in this area: |
| FIUs - Financial Intelligence Units |
Combating Money Laundering: The
IADB-OAS
joint program to develop Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) by Rafael Franzini, Chief, Anti-Money Laundering Unit, CICAD/OAS The most important element of the FIU is information. Without it, it would not exist and businesses such as banks, exchange houses, casinos, art galleries, and others which could potentially serve to launder money, constitute the principal providers of information without which a FIU cannot exist. Because asset laundering is a transnational crime, as well as those crimes which precede it, the information that comes from other countries is also vital. |
| The economic, social and human cost of the drug problem |
What
Does the Drug Problem Cost Us? If countries could track how much addictions is really costing their economy what would they find out, and what changes would they make to their drug policy? CICAD has launched a program that will allow OAS member states to begin to understand for the first time what drugs are costing their societies. |
| Digital Government and the fight against corruption in Colima, Mexico |
E-Government and the fight against corruption
in the State of Colima, Mexico: "The completion of a transaction
should not depend on the will of a government employee." By Victórico Rodríguez Reyes, Government of the State of Colima
The permanent mission is that "the completion of a transaction should not depend on the will of a government employee" and one of the most satisfying results obtained to date has been through the survey of Corruption and Good Government carried out in 2001 by Transparency Mexico (national chapter of Transparency International), which places Colima as the state with the smallest index of corruption in the country. Original paper available only in Spanish. We have provided a summary in English. |
| BOLIVIA:
Alternative Development - Producing Organic Bananas for export in Alto Beni |
Rehabilitation
and Modernization Project of Organic Banana Production for Export in Alto
Beni, Bolivia Article contributed by Jorge Rios, Chief, Alternative Development Unit, CICAD/OAS In a period of 2 years (2002-2004), this project hopes to rehabilitate, modernize and improve the banana plantations, increasing the economic intake and employment of over 500 farming families of the Yungas and creating a disincentive to grow illicit coca crops. |
| RESOURCES:
The Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs |
Check out the Virtual Clearinghouse on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (VCATOD) http://www.atod.org/ the next time you are looking for information such as:
The VCATOD is a global ‘virtual library’ of information not easily found elsewhere and is being built by a partnership of organizations in Europe, the Americas, Austral-Asia and Africa. The Web site is trilingual with parallel pages in English, Spanish and French. |
