UNODC delivers an Advanced Training Course on Strengthening the Capacities of Criminal Justice Institutions in Latin America and Caribbean

Argentina, CORMS, Drug war, EU, Latin America, Trafficking, Uncategorised

Under the framework of CRIMJUST, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), supporting the Ministry of Security in Argentina, delivered, jointly with Secretariat for the fight Against Drug Trafficking, an advanced training course against drug trafficking on 4 June 2018. During the opening, Mr. Marco Teixeira, CRIMJUST coordinator, noted that the UNODC considers…

Women and Girls at the core of the 12th edition of the European Development Days

Article, Development, Publication, Security context

The twelfth edition of the European Development Days was held in Brussels on 5 and 6 June 2018 and aimed to bring together the European Union’s commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The main thread of this edition, ‘Women and Girls at the Forefront of Sustainable Development:…

UNODC supports Panama in strengthening institutional integrity of law enforcement

Brazil, Caribbean, Cocaine, Colombia, Cooperation, Corruption, CRIMJUST, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Latin America, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Security context, Trafficking, West Africa

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean (UNODC ROPAN) has supported the National Aeronaval Service (SENAN) of Panama under the framework of the CRIMJUST project, in adopting a mandatory ethics training to prevent corruption on 28 May 2018. The training titled, “Basic Course on Ethics…

News Briefing-Week of 28 of May

Cocaine, Drug policy, Guatemala, Newsbriefings, Security threats, Trafficking

On May 26, Guatemala’s National Civil Police announced the discovery and destruction of almost one hectare of coca, calling it ‘’the first-ever evidence of cocaine production in the country’’. The discovery may be a sign that drug trafficking groups are looking to cut risks and transport costs while expanding experiments growing drug crops in Central…

News Briefing-Week of 21st of May

Africa, Cocaine, Colombia, Conflicts, Corruption, Costa Rica, Drug policy, Drug war, Latin America, Newsbriefings, Security context

This year the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has several opportunities to revisit, rethink and reinvigorate the fight against organised crime in the region. The organisation is poised to significantly boost its role as a regional framework for policy development and action on serious issues, among which various forms of illicit trafficking, including…

Infopoint Lunchtime Conference “EU trans-regional responses to drug trafficking and organised crime”

AIRCOP, Cooperation, CORMS, CRIMJUST, Development, SEACOP

  The lunchtime conference titled “EU trans-regional responses to drug trafficking and organised crime” took place on 17 May 2018 organised in the margins of the fourth Cocaine Route Programme (CRP) Steering Committee. The event offered a comprehensive view on the combined efforts of different EU programmes in a concerted response of the EU to…

The work of the CRP presented at side event during the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

AIRCOP, CRIMJUST, EU, SEACOP, UN

The European Union and Portugal co-hosted a side event during the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic drugs in Vienna, titled “European trans-regional responses to drug trafficking and organised crime”. The side event showcased the EU’s efforts in promoting a comprehensive, rights- and evidence-based capacity building model with partner countries in addressing the drugs problem. The Cocaine Route Programme (CRP) was part of the side event which included presentations on its ongoing components – namely AIRCOP, CRIMJUST, CORMS and SEACOP.

Bolivia becomes tenth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to implement AIRCOP

AIRCOP, Bolivia

On Thursday 22 February, UNODC and the Government of Bolivia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for implementing AIRCOP in the country, reiterating their commitment to combat transnational organized crime at international airports. Bolivia is the tenth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with UNODC for implementing AIRCOP.