Supporting Governments' efforts to prevent chemicals and equipment from being diverted into illicit drug manufacture
INCB Precursors and Equipment Programme
INCB Precursors and Equipment 2024 Report
Content: The 2024 report covers INCB activities and country data related to addressing illicit drug manufacture under the 1988 Convention:
- Precursors control, including compliance with the Convention and legislative developments, international trade monitoring and trends in seizures as reported by the authorities
- Illicit drug manufacturing equipment
- Cooperation with industry
- Virtual markets monitoring
- Recommendations to Governments
Format changes: To facilitate the retrieval of information, the following sections have been added in this edition:
- A two-pages long illustrated summary at the beginning of the report
- A highlights page at the beginning of each chapter
CND Side - event
Countering Illicit Manufacturing of Synthetic Drugs: Follow the Equipment – Normative and Operational Experiences in Monitoring the Use of Specialized Equipment
Organized by Costa Rica - with the support of China, and the Netherlands, INCB, and OAS-CICAD.
The side event aims to present good practices, approaches and concrete initiatives undertaken by Member States and INCB to prevent and investigate the diversion of specialized equipment, with a view to enhance the operational use of article 13 of the 1988 Convention, as a complementary tool in addressing illicit drug manufacture.
Background
The illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances requires precursor chemicals as well as materials and equipment. Similar to precursors, most equipment also has a wide range of legitimate applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical and other industries. This duality poses challenges because governments have to identify a balanced approach that ensures availability for legitimate purposes while, at the same time, prevents diversion of these items into illicit channels. Moreover, very rarely equipment seized in illicit laboratories is object of backtracking investigation depriving prosecution of illicit drug manufacturing of potentially very relevant investigative leads.
Date, time, venue, and format
- 11 March 2025, 15.00 to 16.00, Conference room M7, Hybrid
Welcome
Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Ms. Olga Marta Sauma Uribe, Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the International Organzations in Vienna
Opening statements
- Mr. Fernando Ramírez Serrano, Director General, Instituto Costarricense sobre Drogas (ICD)
- Ms. Sevil Atasoy, Board Member, International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
- Ambassador Adam Namm, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD/OAS)
Speakers
- Mr. Antonio Mazzitelli, Chief, Precursor Control Section, INCB
- Ms. Margot Coenraads, Deputy Manager National Narcotics Program, Netherlands Police, Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Mr. Diego Pochet, Precursor Control Unit, ICD, Costa Rica
- Mr. Li Tao, Deputy Director, Drug Analysis Division, Drug Intelligence and Forensic Center (DIFC), Ministry of Public Security (MPS), China
Non-scheduled precursor chemicals (COPY)
Options for voluntary monitoring and investigation
International Special Surveillance List (ISSL)
Accessible to Governments only, the ISSL is a list of chemicals that are known to be used in illicit drug manufacture but that are not subject to the international controls set forth in article 12 of the 1988 Convention.
PEN Online Light
PEN Online Light is an INCB electronic tool that allows Governments to voluntarily monitor the international licit trade of chemicals that are not subject to controls set forth in article 12 of the 1988 Convention.
Precursors Incidents Communication System (PICS)
PICS is an INCB electronic tool that allows authorities -often law-enforcement- to exchange information on incidents (such as seizures) of chemicals and equipment used in illicit drug manufacture, as a basis for joint operations.
PEN Online and PEN Online LIGHT
Multilingual presentation and individual consultations
Content: How to use the automated online systems for the exchange of pre-export notifications of chemicals that might be used in illicit drug manufacture.
Target audience (eligibility requirements for this course):
- PEN Online: National authorities concerned with international trade in chemicals included in Table I and II of the 1988 Convention.
- PEN Online LIGHT: National authorities concerned with international trade in chemicals not included in Table I and II of the 1988 Convention. Users of PEN Online Light may be the same as or different from users already registered with the regular PEN Online system, depending on the national context.
Modality: In-person
Instructor: Nadya Badr
Venue: M0E 59
Join us any time from 10:00 to 12:00 or from 14:00 to 16:00 during CND (10 to 14 March 2025)
PICS
Multilingual presentation and individual consultations
Content: How to use the Precursor Incident Communication System, an electronic platform that facilitates global operational cooperation in precursor- and equipment-related matters and also serves as a global early warning system for chemicals.
Target audience (eligibility requirements for this course): PICS users nominated by Governments.
Modality: In-person
Instructor: Maria Makarova
Venue: M0E 59
Join us any time from 10:00 to 12:00 or from 14:00 to 16:00 during CND (10 to 14 March 2025)
Public-Private Partnerships (COPY)
for precursors control
The basis in six languages
This brochure contains basic information on public private partnerships and precursors control.
© UNODC
© UNODC
Conference room paper submitted by the International Narcotics Control Board
Guiding industry partnerships: a policy framework for preventing chemical diversion
This document outlines key concepts for enhancing industry cooperation, presents actionable options and offers tools to support policy efforts and actions aimed at preventing the diversion of chemicals for illicit drug manufacture, strengthening the practical application of Article 12 of the 1988 Convention, and encouraging collaboration to that end.
The INCB Precursors Control Section’s Exhibition
You can find hard copies of all the publications and reference materials mentioned on this website at:
Venue: M1
Times: 9 am to 5 pm
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