U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime
To combat the threat of illicit drug trafficking, the Kyrgyz Republic drug control and prison services signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in December 2012 to strengthen interagency cooperation.
The agreement will fight trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances and improve control of precursor ingredients. It will also help prevent drug abuse in prisons by strengthening the professionalism of the prison staff, said Alimbay Sultanov, chair of the state drug control service.
The MOU was developed by an interagency working group designed to increase the rule of law in the Kyrgyz Republic by further improving the penitentiary system at the legislative, policy and management levels.