Two-day conference was hosted to mark the 20th anniversary of United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crimes (UNTOC) at Palermo in Italy.
UNTOC is a 2000 United Nations-sponsored multilateral treaty against transnational organized crime.
The convention was adopted by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on 15 November 2000.
India joined on 12 December 2002.
The Convention came into force on 29 September 2003.