Naoki Sugano

Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Officer of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific since October 2020. Coordinate and implement the Criminal Justice sub-programme of the office.

Prior to joining the UNODC, worked as a prosecutor and a senior attorney at the Ministry of Justice in Japan with hands-on experience in conducting investigations and handling trials, as well as in MLA and extradition. Also worked as a diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Japan in Vienna (Austria) working on multilateral matters related to crime prevention and criminal justice.