United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Yury Fedotov (R) welcomes Queen Silvia of Sweden (C) for a drugs conference at the United Nations headquarters in Vienna March 13, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
VIENNA (Reuters) - The global fight against narcotics has suffered serious setbacks, including record opium cultivation in Afghanistan and a surge of trafficking-linked violence in Central America, the U.N. anti-drugs chief said on Thursday.
At the opening of an international meeting on the issue, Yury Fedotov also noted some successes, such as a shrinking cocaine market.
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