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Acknowledgements
Grateful appreciation is expressed to <strong>the</strong> national drug
control agencies participating in <strong>the</strong> Drug Abuse Information
Network for <strong>Asia</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong> (DAIN-
AP), ei<strong>the</strong>r directly in <strong>the</strong> system or through sharing
information under <strong>the</strong> Global Syn<strong>the</strong>tics Monitoring:
Analyses, Reporting <strong>and</strong> Trends (SMART) Programme.
The countries which shared information are Australia,
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia,
Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>,
Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thail<strong>and</strong>
<strong>and</strong> Viet Nam. Appreciation is also due to <strong>the</strong> staff
of each agency <strong>and</strong> affiliated office for compiling <strong>and</strong>
submitting <strong>the</strong> data requested <strong>and</strong> for reviewing <strong>and</strong>
clarifying <strong>the</strong>ir data submissions prior to publication
of <strong>the</strong> report. Without <strong>the</strong> significant effort of <strong>the</strong>
national focal persons <strong>and</strong> drug control agencies participating
in <strong>the</strong> DAINAP surveillance project, this
report could not have been compiled.
Special thanks for inputs is given to Amber Migus,
Team Leader, Illicit <strong>Drugs</strong>, Intelligence Production,
Australian Crime Commission; Kate Ray, Intelligence
Analyst, Illicit <strong>Drugs</strong> Team, Intelligence Products,
Australian Crime Commission; Am<strong>and</strong>a Roxburgh,
Senior Research <strong>Office</strong>r, Australian National Drug
<strong>and</strong> Alcohol Research Centre; Daisuke Hosokawa,
National Police Agency of Japan; Takashi Kojima, Superintendent,
<strong>Drugs</strong> <strong>and</strong> Firearms Division, National
Police Agency of Japan; D.I. Stuart Mills, Coordinator,
National Drug Intelligence Bureau, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>
National Police; Gregory Caldwell, Nicola Eaton,
Raewyn Fisher, Helen Pickmere, Nicola Smithies <strong>and</strong>
Elisa Vilipaama of <strong>the</strong> National Drug Intelligence
Bureau, New Zeal<strong>and</strong> National Police; Jerry Jin, External
Relations Coordinator, Narcotics Division,
Supreme Prosecutors’ <strong>Office</strong>, Republic of Korea; <strong>and</strong>
Keebong Paek, Senior Prosecutorial <strong>and</strong> Judicial Adviser,
UNODC, for help in compiling <strong>and</strong> submitting
national data.
Particular acknowledgement is given to <strong>the</strong> Governments
of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, Republic
of Korea <strong>and</strong> Thail<strong>and</strong>, for providing funding
to support <strong>the</strong> Global SMART Programme.
The core team that prepared this report consists of
Mr. Tun Nay Soe, <strong>Office</strong>r-in-Charge, Global SMART
Programme (East <strong>Asia</strong>), <strong>and</strong> Mr. Shawn Kelley, Research
Analyst. Expert review was provided by Dr. Justice
Tettey, Chief, Laboratory <strong>and</strong> Scientific Section,
UNODC; Ms. Beate Hammond, Global SMART
Manager <strong>and</strong> Ms. Alice Hamilton, Consultant. In addition,
<strong>the</strong> report benefited from <strong>the</strong> work <strong>and</strong> expertise
of many o<strong>the</strong>r UNODC staff in Vienna <strong>and</strong> in
<strong>the</strong> field offices around <strong>the</strong> world. Particular thanks go
to <strong>the</strong> UNODC Regional <strong>Office</strong> for South <strong>Asia</strong> for its
important contribution to <strong>the</strong> regional overview for
South <strong>Asia</strong>.
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