UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: federal grants and contributions

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UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: federal grants and contributions: 65 agreements; $132M value; 1 departments; 11 programs.

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65agreements
$132Mvalue
1departments
11programs

Largest agreements

Strengthening the criminal justice chain & supporting judicial poles to combat corruption, impunity$10.0Mvalue2026start2029end

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 accoun

Maritime Security and Criminal Network Disruption in the Caribbean$6.8Mvalue2026start2030end

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

Strengthening Ukrainian responses to combat and prevent cybercrime and cyber-enabled crimes$6.8Mvalue2025start2028end

The proposed project aims to deliver technical equipment and training to strengthen Ukraine’s capacity to combat cybercrime and enhance its resilience to cyber-based and cyber-enabled threats, while supporting broader objectives to fortify the security and integrity of Canada’s critical infrastructure from abroad. These objectives will be achieved by strengthening criminal justice sector responses in Ukraine to enhance their ability to investigate, prosecute, and deter cybercrime as well as provide targeted support to improve Ukraine’s cybersecurity infrastructure.

Container Control Program Phase II Haiti$6.0Mvalue2021start2025end

In response to the evolving security situation in Haiti, this UNODC Project seeks to implement technical assistance in support to the efforts of the Haitian National Police (HNP) and authorities in Haiti in three land borders to tackle illicit trafficking. The Project will work with the Haitian authorities to strengthening the HNP, capacities for detection of illicit trafficking through ports and border crossings.

Agreement$5.0Mvalue2016start–end
Pakistan’s Terrorism Prevention Programme (PTP2)$4.6Mvalue2022start2026end

The project aims to comprehensively enhance Pakistani counter terrorism and criminal justice (CJ) institutions by strengthening the two core components in preventing and countering terrorism: (1) Investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of terrorism cases; and (2) Countering Financing of Terrorism. o The former (#1) will strengthen the capacities and coordination mechanisms of federal and provincial counter terrorism and CJ institutions. It will elevate the capacity of responsible agencies, locally and in cooperation with other departments to respond to terrorist actions; conduct terrorist

Airport Communication Project - Middle East$4.5Mvalue2022start2025end

The project aims to support the Governments of Lebanon and Jordan in reinforcing their air-border controls to allow for better identification of organized crime and terrorism threats.

ALERT UNODC Mexico — Access to Labs, Enforcement, Response and Trace$4.2Mvalue2025start2029end

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 sub

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DISRUPT: Preventing and Combating Corruption, ML and TOC in Ecuador$4.0Mvalue2025start2029end

This four-year initiative (FY 24/25 to FY 28/29) – to be implemented by UNODC – will strengthen Ecuador’s capacity to prevent and combat organized crime, with a particular focus on strengthening institutional integrity in the port system and financial sectors. These focus areas have been identified as critical links to Ecuador’s safety and security to prevent the spill-over of organized crime into other jurisdictions. This project has been developed around three main pillars: Pillar 1 - Preventing and Combating Corruption Associated with Organized Crime in the Port System; Pillar 2 - Strengthe

Agreement$3.7Mvalue2016start–end
Enhanced security and anti-crime capacities of King Hussein’s Bridge$3.4Mvalue2025start2027end

This project aims to strengthen Jordan’s and neighbouring countries’ or territories’ security by improving the security screening capabilities and infrastructure at the King Hussein Bridge (KHB) which connects Jordan and the West Bank. Through the Counter-Terrorism capacity building program’s support, the United Nations office on drugs and crime seeks to strengthen the technical and operational capacity of Jordanian law enforcement, intelligence services, and border security officials operating at the KHB. Project activities include: (1) upgrading infrastructure, equipment, and software at the

Strengthen forensic capacity of Nigeria to support effective investigation and persecution of SGBV$3.4Mvalue2025start2028end

This project aims to increase accountability for sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) related crimes, including those linked to terrorism, in Nigeria and to improve access to justice for survivors. The project helps to institutionalize best practices for collecting, storing and using evidence in prosecution, fostering a culture of proper evidence use among law enforcement and justice actors in criminal cases.

Combatting International Financing of Synthetic Drug Markets$3.4Mvalue2026start2029end

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 finan

Strengthening Trans-Regional Action and Responses against the Smuggling of Migrants - STARSOM$3.2Mvalue2021start2024end

This project aims to reduce threats posed to migrants by criminal networks engaging in migrant smuggling from South Asia and Africa through Latin America to the United States and Canada. Project activities include: (1) delivering six training workshops to criminal justice practitioners in countries along the transnational smuggling routes leading to Canada to detect, investigate and prosecute migrant smuggling in a gender-informed manner; (2) providing ongoing mentoring and advisory services to selected practitioners handling migrant smuggling cases in investigating and collecting evidence; (3

SMART LAB United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - phase II$3.2Mvalue2023start2027end

This project aims to increase the capacity of law enforcement, border control, and forensic laboratories in 5 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, (Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Costa Rica) to detect, identify and report on synthetic drugs and their precursors. Also, the project seeks to strengthen the collaboration among the respective countries to increase information exchange on synthetic drugs and their precursors to enhance their drug control strategies, develop more complete and comprehensive drug legislations, and improve early warning systems to prov

Improving the Capacity to Detect Synthetic Drugs and New Psychoactive Substances in the Americas$3.0Mvalue2017start–end
Strengthening Central America's Criminal Justice & Security Sector Capacity in Cybercrime$3.0Mvalue2025start2027end

This project will seek to increase the capacity of countries in Central America to identify, investigate and adjudicate cybercrime. It will also promote a safe use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by raising awareness of online risks. These objectives will be achieved through the implementation of activities tailored to each participating country, such as training to increase police and criminal justice capabilities to investigate and process cybercrime cases involving digital evidence and training to promote engagement with the private sector.

Combating Trade Based Money Laundering & Cash Couriers in Latin America and the Caribbean$2.7Mvalue2018start–end
The UNODC-WCO Interpol Airport Communications Project$2.7Mvalue2019start2023end

Strengthening capacities at international airports across Latin America

Tackling drug-related Illicit Financial Flows in South Asia to counter terrorism$2.7Mvalue2025start2029end

This project aims to prevent and counter revenues from drug trafficking to tackle terrorism and related conducts. The initiative seeks to enhance the capacities of finance-mandated criminal justice agencies in targeted countries in South Asia, providing knowledge and skills and fostering regional cooperation and coordination. Project activities include: (1) conducting country-focused analysis and research on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) and their link to financing of terrorism for each recipient country; (2) hosting a regional roundtable for government stakeholders in the recipient countries

Enhancing Indonesia's Capacity to Prevent Radicalisation in Prisons$2.6Mvalue2017start2021end

The initial phase of this Project will aim at reviewing Indonesia’s existing strategy on de-radicalisation, prison policies, legislative frameworks, prison management and operation, in order to identify priority areas for enhancement. The subsequent phases of this Project will focus, on the development of a national strategy on de-radicalisation in prisons and its implementation, which will include recommendations for legislative/regulatory reforms, developing tools and manuals on de-radicalisation in prisons, recommendations on how to improve priority aspects related to prison conditions that

TURQUESA II - UNODC$2.5Mvalue2026start2030end

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.

Strengthening Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism and Foreign Terrorist Fighters$2.5Mvalue2017start2022end

The project’s overall objective is to strengthen ASEAN member states (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines)’ counter-terrorism capabilities in four main areas namely: (a) counter-terrorism legislative frameworks; (b) law enforcement and judicial capacity; (c) international and regional cooperation on terrorism; and (d) preventing/countering violent extremism that may lead to terrorism.

Critical Resources Enforcement and Supply-chain Transparency in Asia (CREST)$2.0Mvalue2026start2029end

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

Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing in North Africa$1.9Mvalue2026start2029end

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.

Agreement$1.8Mvalue2017start–end
Enhancing financial investigation capacity in Eastern Africa$1.8Mvalue2023start2025end

Project will support enhanced capacity of lawenforcement to conduct investigations of financial crimes in East Africa and support effective anti-money laundering / countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) responses, focussing on Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.

Strengthening the Tunisian capacities in operational control of cross-border security threats$1.6Mvalue2018start–end
Supporting Kenya Anti-Terror Police Unit (APTU) Terrorism Financing Unit$1.6Mvalue2026start2029end

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

Strengthening Nigeria’s response to illicit financial flows from mineral-related crimes$1.6Mvalue2025start2028end

This project aims to address complex issues related to illicit financial flows fueled by the rise in revenue associated with mineral-related organized crime in Nigeria. It seeks to reduce security threats in Nigeria stemming from money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF) driven by revenue associated with mineral-related crime. Project activities include: (1) facilitating domestic cooperation with relevant authorities; (2) collecting data and developing roadmaps on the practices of criminal and armed groups operating in the mining sector; (3) organizing awareness-raising workshops on ML/

Agreement$1.5Mvalue2017start–end
Implementation of UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) in Peru$1.4Mvalue2015start2021end

Cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to prevent illicit trafficking of radiological materials in Peru.

Strengthening Community Policing to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Bangladesh$1.3Mvalue2022start2024end

This project will aim to provide comprehensive support to the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen community policing in order to counter terrorism and violent extremism in Bangladesh. Along with strengthening the Community Police Units and capacities of the Community Police Officers, in line with the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and the Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism, the project will also aim to support and strengthen the government efforts to design, establish and implement the relevant key components of a Bangladesh national counter-terrorism strategy, including stre

Agreement$1.2Mvalue2016start–end
Agreement$1.1Mvalue2016start–end
Agreement$1.1Mvalue2017start–end
Agreement$1.0Mvalue2017start–end
Agreement$1,000Kvalue2017start–end
Detection and Prevention of Human Trafficking Within Indigenous Communities in Mexico$995Kvalue2017start–end
Agreement$976Kvalue2016start–end

Departments

Global Affairs Canada65agreements$132Mvalue11programs
  • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
  • Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP)
  • Grants Anti-Crime Capacity Building Prog
  • International Development Assistance program
  • Grants Counter-Terrorism Cap Build Prog
  • Contrib Anti-Crime Capacity Building Pro

All grants from Global Affairs Canada

Years

20267agreements$28.3Mvalue3programs
  • Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP)
  • International Development Assistance program
  • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
20259agreements$29.1Mvalue4programs
  • Grants Anti-Crime Capacity Building Prog
  • Grants Counter-Terrorism Cap Build Prog
  • Contrib Anti-Crime Capacity Building Pro
  • Cont Counter-Terrorism Cap Build Program
20232agreements$4.9Mvalue2programs
  • Annual Voluntary Contrib. to UNODC/CICAD
  • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
20223agreements$10.4Mvalue1programs
  • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
20213agreements$9.5Mvalue3programs
  • Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program
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  • Weapon Threat Reduction Program
20201agreements$730Kvalue1programs
  • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
20191agreements$2.7Mvalue1programs
  • Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP)
20185agreements$6.0Mvalue0programs
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    201717agreements$20.9Mvalue1programs
    • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program
    201613agreements$16.0Mvalue0programs
      20154agreements$3.1Mvalue2programs
      • Weapon Threat Reduction Program
      • Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program

      Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.