German customs officials have reportedly found 257 kilograms of pure cocaine in a shipment of peanuts from Argentina. Around 21 kilograms of cocaine, estimated to be worth around US$600,000 has reportedly been found washed up on Destin beach in Florida. Pierre Lapaque, a top UN narcotics official, has said that Africa is “the market of…
SEACOP experts carried out scoping visits to Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad & Tobago during April. Eleven countries in the Eastern Caribbean will be visited during April to June, in order to meet with relevant Law Enforcement Agencies and discuss in detail their training and equipment requirements. The first phase of specialist training for Maritime Intelligence Units…
On 15th April 2015 a yacht carrying more than two tonnes of cocaine to Europe was seized in the Eastern Caribbean. Coincidentally, the seizure took place during a scoping visit to the region by SEACOP experts to plan capacity building against maritime trafficking under Phase III of SEACOP. The Sailing yacht “SILANDRA” was intercepted by…
