On 26 July, GIFP component ENACT organised a seminar focusing on Central Africa as a growing hotspot for organised crime. Bringing together partners from ENACT, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, INTERPOL, and the Central African Police Chiefs Committee, the seminar explored organised crime drivers in Central Africa, the factors responsible for low resilience,…
The publication series “Cocaine Insights” has been developed by UNODC in the framework of CRIMJUST. On 19 July 2022, the fourth issue of the series was launched, examining Brazil’s role in the regional and transatlantic cocaine supply chain, and the impact of COVID-19. Through its research, CRIMJUST aims at providing a better understanding of the…
18/07 – Red-hot demand for ipê wood coincides with deforestation hubs in Brazil. The highest rates of illegal exploitation of ipê trees are found in areas of the Brazilian Amazon where deforestation is skyrocketing. Increasing domestic consumption and exports have encouraged the felling of these threatened tropical hardwood species, with demand outstripping the authorized supply…
SEACOP took part in the seminar dedicated to the fight against international drug trafficking by sea which was held in Dakar from 4 to 8 July.Organised by MILDECA – the interministerial mission for the fight against drugs and addictive behaviours, the event brought together representatives from many West African countries such as Cape Verde, Ghana,…
14/07- 514 employers linked to labour infringements identified across the EU. An EU-wide coordinated action week targeting human trafficking for labour exploitation and related offences took place between 15 and 21 June 2022. The action days, supported by Europol, were led by the Netherlands and co-led by France, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom and…
From 4 to 8 July 2022, an in-person National Training course was organised in Abuja, Nigeria under the COLIBRI action, for the benefit of national administrations with capacities in monitoring and controlling general aviation, namely: Customs, Police, the NDLEA (National Drug Law Enforcement Agency), and the NCAA (Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority). The 11th national training…
4 July – Spanish police seize underwater drug-smuggling drones (video). Police in Spain have broken up a gang that was allegedly building semi-submersible drones, each capable of ferrying up to 200kg of drugs across the strait of Gibraltar. The Policía Nacional, which arrested eight people in Cádiz, Málaga and Barcelona, said it was the first…
