MASIF and SEACOP are collaborating on a maritime threat assessment of the Transatlantic to understand the extent of threats beyond drug trafficking. An initial desk review identified illicit timber flows and gold smuggling as commodities also crossing the Atlantic, with weapons and waste also being moved by sea in areas covered by the Global Illicit…
On 22-26 August 2022, SEACOP conducted a Maritime Intelligence training in the city of Brasilia, Brazil. The opening ceremony took place in the facilities of the Federal Police of Brazil, in the presence of the Interior Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy in Brazil. During the event, experts outlined the objectives and methodology of this training,…
22/08 – Spain’s Drug-Trafficking Queen Caught With 24 Pounds of Cocaine. A notorious drug trafficker, nicknamed the “Queen of Ronda,” has been busted in Spain with 24 lbs of cocaine. Spanish police said they also found nearly $23,000 hidden in Maria del Mar’s car after arresting the notorious trafficker during a drug deal. 22/08 –…
Last week, SEACOP conducted a weeklong mentoring session for 11 trainees from Dominica’s 🇩🇲 Customs and Coast Guards. This marked the 7th mentoring session for the country’s Joint Maritime Control Unit (JMCU) since its establishment under a previous SEACOP phase in 2016. Delivered by a trainer from Jamaica’s Defence Forces, the training sought to strengthen the…
15/08 – FBI Announces Results of Nationwide Sex Trafficking Operation. The FBI, working with its state and local partners during two weeks in August, identified and located 84 minor victims of child sex trafficking and child sexual exploitation offenses and located 37 actively missing children during a nationwide enforcement campaign, dubbed “Operation Cross Country.” The…
Santo Domingo, 17 August 2022 – The National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) of the Dominican Republic and the European Union through the SEACOP and MCBS projects kicked off a regional seminar in Santo Domingo yesterday. For the past months, SEACOP has established constant coordination with the MCBS project, in light of the their shared objective…
On Friday 12 August 2022, SEACOP wrapped up a mentoring session for members of the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Ghana. Focusing on ship searches in the ports of Tema and Takoradi, the activity was opened in the presence of the Director General of the Ghana Drug Enforcement Agency on 8 August 2022. The mentoring…
08/08 – U.S. slams China’s ‘unacceptable’ disruption in countering fentanyl. China’s move to suspend cooperation with the United States to combat narcotics trafficking, including illicit fentanyl, is “unacceptable,” the White House said on Monday, as Beijing continued to protest a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 12/08 – AFP seizes 208 kilograms…
Within the framework of the SEACOP action, a training for the Joint Maritime Control Unit (JMCU) of Argentina kicked off on 8 August 2022 in the Ciudad AutĂłnoma de Buenos Aires. The training will span through August 12th, held at the facilities of the Prefectura Naval Argentina. It will target 12 trainees from the Prefectura…
From 1 to 5 August 2022, the 12th National Training on the Control of General Aviation was held in Praia, Cape Verde within the framework of COLIBRI. The workshop was attended by 36 officials, including 13 women, belonging to the main national administrations in charge of general aviation control and the fight against illicit trafficking in…
