A/57/153 research on marking and other measures to support criminal investigations, as reported to the eleventh session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (see E/CN.15/2002/9 and Add.1). Discussion at the Commission documented various concerns about the question of explosives, which may still have to be addressed in due course, if and when so decided. D. High-technology and computerrelated crime 30. In its resolution 56/121, the General Assembly noted the necessity of preventing the criminal misuse of information technologies and deferred further consideration of this subject matter pending work envisioned in the plan of action against hightechnology and computer-related crime of the Commission for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. At its eleventh session, the Commission considered a report on effective measures to prevent and control computer-related crime (E/CN.15/2002/9). The need for technical assistance was highlighted, including training and knowledge transfer, in order to build national capacity to prevent and investigate computer-related crime and to enable countries to become fully involved in international cooperation efforts. E. Collection and dissemination of information 31. The Centre for International Crime Prevention continued its efforts for the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant data and information. In June 2001, it published electronically updates of the responses to the Sixth United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (accessible at http://www.odccp.org/crime_cicp_survey _sixth.html). The updated version increased the number of Governments providing official data on police, prosecution, courts, prisons and resource allocation from 75 to 83. 32. The periodic surveys are the primary vehicle used by the Centre for the collection of statistics on crime trends and criminal justice at the national level. The Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the years 1998-2000, is currently under way. As of December 2001, 65 Governments had submitted data. 33. The Centre continued to expand its efforts to disseminate information by electronic means, through its web site at http://www.odccp.org/crime_ prevention.html. A new series of publications is now available at http://www.odccp.org/corruption.html/ publications. The web site has also been equipped with state-of-the-art multimedia offerings, such as video clips on trafficking (http://multimedia.undcp.org/ ramgen/psa_humantrafficking-60-768x576.rm). 34. In 2001, the Centre launched a peer-review academic journal on global crime and criminal justice issues, Forum on Crime and Society, published twice a year in the six official languages of the United Nations. Its distribution in the Arab countries was achieved through the Naif Arab Academy for Security Sciences. The first issue contained articles based on contributions to the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. The second issue contained articles on transnational organized crime. The latest issue is devoted to the theme of corruption. 35. Research in this area focuses on aspects of public sector corruption and its links with organized crime in its different forms. The Centre collects and analyses data and continually monitors the status of trends in crime, terrorism and corruption worldwide from various countries, collaborating with governmental agencies and research and scientific institutions. VIII. Technical cooperation A. Overview 36. In 2001, the Centre for International Crime Prevention supported projects with a total budget value of approximately $6 million (see table 1). 37. The Centre’s technical cooperation programme expanded from five projects in 1998 to 32 in 2001 (ongoing and planned). Technical cooperation work was complementary to promoting the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the protocols thereto. The Centre’s global programmes against transnational organized crime, trafficking in human beings and corruption were revised to incorporate lessons learned since their launch in 1999. 7