Matthew Nice

@UN Manager @INCB_GRIDS @INCB_OPIOIDS | Fmr Regional Coordinator @UNODC_SEAP Borders | Frm Manager @INCB_ION | Fmr @INCB_PRECURSORS & @UNODC_SMART RT≠O

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

Closing a chapter that started at the UN in 2007 via 🇺🇳 early separation, but not without leaving @INCB_GRIDS on a high note with 19500+ units seized from the 1st ever global operation on drug trafficking in #VAPES coordinating 149 🌐enforcement agencies.

https://t.co/4Z7pzoQm6s

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

@INCB_grids is proud to support @INTERPOL_IC Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore for the first Illicit Supply Chain Coordination Meeting (ISCM) with partners @UPU_UN addressing illegal goods moving through postal & cargo networks across Asia.

https://t.co/vbC5oUY9c2

[PIB India @PIB_India]

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seizes 3,00,000 electronic cigarettes/vapes worth Rs. 120 crore in a major crackdown on e-cigarette smuggling racket across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and West Bengal

Acting on specific intelligence, DRI identified, tracked and intercepted multiple suspicious  import consignments that were mis-declared to evade customs scrutiny

Read here: https://t.co/tUG38BHM0L

@cbic_india @FinMinIndia

[DEA HQ @DEAHQ]

🚨 Registration is now open for the #FFASummit2026 🚨
Join prevention leaders, law enforcement & educators from across the nation to address the fentanyl crisis & strengthen prevention efforts.
Register: https://t.co/OG7x79bxnc
#FentanylFree🇺🇸 #DEADiversion
@TheJusticeDept @CADCA

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

Well done India DRI who seize 300 000 electronic cigarettes/vapes in a major crackdown on e-cigarette smuggling racket across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi and West Bengal!

#eVaper8 #IONICS @INCB_ION @cbn_1234 @narcoticsbureau @UN_SheilaKamdar @INCB_GRIDS

https://t.co/yVbEQtGFm6

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

Proud to support @WCO_OMD strengthening @MongolCustoms in Ulaanbaatar against synthetic drugs via postal channels #SDDP; access & training on @INCB_GRIDS #IONICS #GRIDSIntel #SafeInterdiction #PPE #SNOOP

@StateINL @usunvie @usembmongolia @sevil_atasoy @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_ION

[Aleks Piecyk @AlexPiecyk]

Always happy to support @WCO_OMD and its #SDDP project. @INCB_GRIDS provided practical, hands-on training on INCB’s #Intel tools & safe interdiction of deadly synthetic #opioids for 30 Mongolian Customs 👮‍♀️🛃🇲🇳 Using real cases from #IONICS & #SNOOP to simulate real-life scenarios

[Aleks Piecyk @AlexPiecyk]

Following our training in Manila @INCB_GRIDS coordinated a case meeting between @DEAHQ & 7 🇵🇭 agencies leveraging #intel generated through INCBs IONICS & SNOOP tools. Intel shared incl. 50+ linked seizures of opioids & NPS, triggered ongoing multi-agency investigations into #DTOs

[Aleks Piecyk @AlexPiecyk]

Bringing practical, hands-on, targeting to the ILEA in #Bangkok🇹🇭 @INCB_GRIDS trained 35 participants from 🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭🇹🇭🇹🇱🇻🇳 for a #Precursor Chemical Diversion Investigations course. Officers used INCB #intel tools to identify suspicious companies & potential diversion in real time🎯

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

Supporting @DEAHQ Diversion Investigations of Narcotics & Chemicals for officers training course with officers in Southeast Asi with access to #IONICS #GRIDSIntel #SNOOP #CHEMPROFILER to stop #opioids & other drugs being sold online.

@StateINL @ONDCP @sevil_atasoy @INCB_GRIDS

[Aleks Piecyk @AlexPiecyk]

From Chemical Diversion Investigations to Narcotics Investigations @INCB_GRIDS supported @DEAHQ on another hands-on tactical training course with officers from🇮🇩🇱🇦🇲🇾🇸🇬🇹🇭🇻🇳 using INCB intel-tools & #OSINT to identify dangerous substances like synthetic #opioids being sold online

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

Proud to support Kazakhstan's new national targeting centre with @INCB_GRIDS specialized tools & training strengthening borders against synthetic drug, #opioids & #precursor trafficking.

USA @StateINL @ONDCP @usunvie supports @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_ION #IONICS #GRIDSIntel #SNOOP

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

8–10 Dec 2025 | Astana, Kazakhstan
@INCB_GRIDS held a training for the Targeting Center of Kazakhstan on using INCB intelligence tools to counter emerging synthetic drugs and opioids. INCB also participated in a donor coordination meeting held after the training.
@INCB_OPIOIDS

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

8–10 Dec 2025 | Astana, Kazakhstan
@INCB_GRIDS held a training for the Targeting Center of Kazakhstan on using INCB intelligence tools to counter emerging synthetic drugs and opioids. INCB also participated in a donor coordination meeting held after the training.
@INCB_OPIOIDS

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

24–26 Nov 2026 | Osh, Kyrgyzstan
@INCB_GRIDS held a 2.5-day training for Kyrgyz law enforcement in Osh, conducted back-to-back with the Bishkek session, on using INCB tools to counter synthetic drugs and opioids. Thanks to @StateINL for the support.
@INCB_OPIOIDS

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

28–29 Jan 2026 | @INCB_GRIDS met with @UNODCPakistan , Pakistan Customs & Anti-Narcotics Force to strengthen cooperation on countering synthetic drugs & precursor trafficking. Discussions focused on GRIDS, IONICS & capacity-building, with potential training in 2026. @INCB_OPIOIDS

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

@INCB_GRIDS delivers specialized training for Tajik law enforcement, strengthening border security & frontlines against synthetic drug, #opioids & #precursor trafficking.

USA @StateINL @ONDCP @usunvie supports @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_ION #IONICS #GRIDSIntel #SNOOP

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

19–30 Jan 2026 |
@INCB_GRIDS supported a DEA training for Tajikistan’s law enforcement under @UNODC_ROCA ADP in Dushanbe 🇹🇯, contributing on 19–20 Jan with IONICS and GRIDS Intel/SNOOP to counter trafficking in synthetic drugs, NPS and chemicals.
@INCB_OPIOIDS

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

Astana 🇰🇿 | 12–13 Feb 2026
Supported the @UNODC_ROCA Regional Working Group on precursor control and moderated Session VI on strengthening precursor regulation & cross-border cooperation. Promoted INCB tools: IONICS, GRIDS, SNOOP, PEN Online & PICS.
@INCB_OPIOIDS

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

@INCB_GRIDS delivers specialized training & tools for Pakistan enforcement, strengthening border security & frontlines against synthetic drug, #opioids & #precursor trafficking.

@INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_ION #IONICS #GRIDSIntel #PENOnline #PICS #SNOOP @StateINL

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

Karachi, Pakistan | 9 April 2026
@INCB_GRIDS at the 8th Interregional Expert-Level Workshop on Risk-Based Border Management & Targeting, organized by UNODC-PCCP, presenting INCB tools: IONICS, GRIDS, SNOOP, PEN Online & PICS.
@INCB_OPIOIDS

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

@INCB_GRIDS delivers specialized training for Tajik law enforcement, strengthening border security & frontlines against synthetic drug, #opioids & #precursor trafficking.

USA @StateINL @ONDCP @usunvie supports @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_ION #IONICS #GRIDSIntel #SafeInterdiction

[Duishen Talasbaev @Duishen_INCB]

29–30 Apr 2026 | Dushanbe, Tajikistan
@INCB_GRIDS conducted a training for Tajik law enforcement officers on the use of INCB GRIDS intelligence tools to counter emerging synthetic drugs and opioids. Sessions covered IONICS, GRIDS Intel, and Safe Interdiction.
@INCB_OPIOIDS

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

🇺🇳#INCB Secretary Berterame discusses global illicit synthetic drug markets & successful practical supply-demand side interventions in Vienna.

@INCB_GRIDS @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_ION @INCB_PPP @sevil_atasoy @INCB_President

[PAX sapiens @PAX_sapiens]

❓The global synthetic drugs market and its implications: where to go from here?

📆 Tomorrow, PAX's JADE Initiative Director, Daniel Baldwin, will join a panel at @ceu with Wei Hao, Professor, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University and Stefano Berterame, Acting Secretary, International Narcotics Control Board.

✅ These experts will explore the evolving multilateral response and evidence-based pathways for stronger cooperation and greater policy coherence. https://t.co/4O1TIJptVh

#SyntheticDrugs #Fentanyl #CounterDrugCooperation

[CBP @CBP]

Blue Nitro stopped in Philadelphia!

Two packages from Spain labeled as "skincare" were analyzed and found to contain 2.5 quarts of GBL.

GBL is an industrial solvent used as a drug that can cause: unconsciousness, seizures, slowed heart rate, severe respiratory depression, decreased body temperature, vomiting, nausea, coma, or death.
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Read more: https://t.co/3AkaiDGWOa

[Matthew Nice @MatthewNiceUN]

🇺🇳@INCB_GRIDS Central Asia Regional Technical Officer @Duishen_INCB is posted in Almaty Kazakhstan to support access, training and outcomes using INCB targeting systems. #IONICS #SNOOP #CHEMPROFILER

Thanks 🇺🇸@StateINL supporting @INCB_ION @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_PPP @sevil_atasoy

[Saida Mirziyoyeva @SMirziyoyeva]

Yesterday, I met with Stefano Berterame, Secretary of @INCB_UN
We discussed strengthening Uzbekistan’s drug control system, including analytics, labs & digital tools, and preparations for the upcoming INCB mission.