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Local October 15, 2025 | 10:37 am

Dominican official nominated to lead UN Office on Drugs and Crime

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader has nominated Leandro José Villanueva Acebal, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), as the Dominican Republic’s candidate to head the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The nomination follows a proposal by the United States in September encourag... Read more

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