CORMS Mission in Latin America

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cooperation, Ecuador, EU, Guyana, Panama, SEACOP, Trafficking

The mission of the Cocaine Route Monitoring and Support (CORMS) on seaport cooperation’s state of play in five Latin American countries kicked-off in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the team attended the second Regional Workshop for Maritime Intelligence Units (MIUs) organised by the SEACOP project from March 19 to 21.  The event was opened by a representative of the EU delegation to…

Newsbriefing – Week of 18 March

Africa, Brazil, Cannabis, Cocaine, Consumption, Cooperation, Corruption, Decriminalisation, Drug policy, Latin America, Newsbriefings, Peru, Trafficking, UN, US, Venezuela

During the ministerial segment of the 62nd session of the CND, the Gambian Minister of the Interior announced that his government firmly opposed the decriminalisation of cannabis use highlighting that the drug was responsible for most of the drug-connected crimes in the Gambia. On Monday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started off his official visit to…