Fifth Regional Training on the Geoportal and the CENcomm

From 14 to 18 November 2022, COLIBRI organised the fifth regional training on the Geoportal’s use in Abuja, Nigeria for participants from Nigeria, Ghana, and The Gambia. 34 officers from Customs, Police, Antinarcotics, Civil aviation, and Air Force administrations participated in this train-the-trainers course. Participants were able to upload data using the mobile APP based…

Newsbrief – Week of 14 November 2022

15/11 – APT Group Pilfers $11 Million From Africa, Asia, Latin America Using Spear Phishing Emails. … But there are signs that major organized groups are actively probing and staking out lucrative niches in other areas, entering territory that was previously hunted by smaller and less skilled attackers. A detailed report on one such example has recently…

SEACOP, Argentina Minister sign MoU on illicit maritime trade

On Monday 14 November, SEACOP and Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the fight against illicit maritime trafficking. Signed by Minister of Security, Anibal Fernandez, EU Ambassador to Argentina, Amador Sánchez Rico, and SEACOP Project Director Dominique Bucas, the MoU aims to strengthen the existing cooperation between the government of Argentina and the SEACOP…

News briefing – Week of 7 November 2022

08/11 – 44 arrested in Poland in a sting targeting online child sexual exploitation. Officers from the Polish the Central Cybercrime Bureau raided 82 locations and seized 15 500 files depicting sexual abuse of children 09/11 – 350 tonnes of dangerous fireworks seized in Germany and the Netherlands. An investigation by the German Regional Police…

SEACOP, MCBS hold II Transregional Meeting of Maritime Intelligence Units

From 1 to 4 November 2022, the II Transregional Meeting of Maritime Intelligence Units between the Dominican Republic and Jamaica was held jointly by SEACOP V and the MCBS Project of FIIAPP. Both EU-funded projects started this initiative last June, with the aim of strengthening the exchange of information between the two main Caribbean islands.…

News briefing – Week of 31 October

02/11 – Troops deployed in Ecuador after spate of organized crime attacks. Police and soldiers on Wednesday patrolled the terror-stricken streets of two Ecuadoran cities after a spate of attacks blamed on organized crime groups waging a deadly drug war. Following a wave of strikes Tuesday in which five police officers were killed and a…

Training for the JAITF in Barbados in collaboration with the Global Firearms Programme

From 24 to 28 of October, AIRCOP and the Global Firearms Programme, in collaboration with the Barbados Customs and Excise Department and the Barbados Police Service, delivered a Firearms Identification and Detection Training for 15 Customs officials posted at the international airport and harbour. This training involved both theoretical and practical aspects, including lectures on the…