Kajetan Pradetto

Programme Officer
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Austria

Mr. Kajetan Pradetto is a Programme Officer working for the UNODC Passenger and Cargo Control Programme (PCCP) in Istanbul, Türkiye. PCCP is operational in 89 countries across the globe supporting Member States to improve the capacity of law enforcement agencies active at air, sea and land borders, to disrupt illicit flows of containers, cargo and mail, intercept high-risk passengers and identify victims of trafficking, while facilitating legitimate trade and the movement of people. Kajetan is PCCP’s focal point on the topics of waste trafficking and crimes in the fisheries sector. For more than eight years, Kajetan has served in various positions in UNODC delivering programming in UNODC’s mandate areas, in particular border management and trade supply chain security. Before joining PCCP in 2019, Kajetan worked at UNODC’s Regional Section for Latin America and the Caribbean supporting technical assistance activities
with 60+ projects in the region. He holds a BA in Political Science, LLM in European Studies and MA in Latin American Studies.

Sessions

The Impact Border Security and Management Can Have on Environmental Sustainability
Industrial waste typically has a negative value – it costs businesses money to treat it in a way that is safe and does not harm the environment. Costs include treatment, technology and labour costs in line with national laws and environmental regulations. There is therefore an incentive for companies wishing to avoid these costs to export the waste to other countries with less strict environmental standards, or to illegally dump and dispose of such waste. Source: https://baselgovernance.org/
Illegal trafficking of wildlife one of the most profitable natural resource crimes. It involves the illegal harvesting, trapping or killing of many endangered species of animals or plants for sale to be used as medicine, food, or sold as pets.
Whether it is the trafficking in endangered wildlife or the illegal international trade in waste materials, much of it dangerous, border agencies are in the front line in helping to protect the environment.
OPENING KEYNOTE AND WELCOME
Opening Keynotes and Welcome Messages to the 2025 World Border Security Congress
Trends in Drugs, Trafficking, SOC and Terrorism – impact across continents
Drugs on the streets seems to be the insoluble societal problem of our age. It destroys lives and permeates every part of society. It makes law breakers of otherwise law-abiding citizens and through their dealers puts them in direct contact with the criminal underbelly of society.
Drugs are the invisible glue that connects organised crime with terrorists, with the city slicker that likes to ‘do a line’ and with the student on campus, just starting out on their life story. Along the way it corrupts officials and politicians, and sucks billions out of the economies of every country it touches. Terrorists gain an unlimited source of revenue and expertise in illicit transfer and laundering of proceeds from illicit transactions.
In this session we will look at any new trends in drug trafficking and look to share any new policy developments and measures that have been successful in countering this evil trade.