Last week, SEACOP conducted a training on intelligence gathering in the maritime context for 15 high-level officials from Servicio Nacional de Aduana del Ecuador (SENAE), the National Navy and the National Police. Ecuador is one of the priority countries for SEACOP in Latin America, where numerous workshops, seminars and training have been held under the…
25/10 – Notorious Nigerien Weapons Broker Lands Secret Arms Deal in Senegal. A contract seen by OCCRP shows how Aboubakar Hima, who allegedly skimmed millions from $240 million in corrupt arms deals in his native Niger, may be up to his old tricks further from home. 26/10 – ELN Oversees Rampant Cattle Smuggling Between Colombia…
On 21 October 2022, ENACT organised a side event during the 11th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). The UNTOC is the main international instrument in the fight against transnational crime. With the need to foster international cooperation identified as a requisite to effectively tackle…
On 18 October 2022, ENACT held a side event in the framework of the 11th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNTOC. The panel “Armed conflict and the trafficking of guns and explosives” examined the links between organised crime and firearms trafficking in East and Central Africa, focusing on the drivers and…
SEACOP on Monday 24 October 2022 launched a 5-day advanced training on vessel rummaging in Mindelo in Sao Vicente (Cabo Verde). Attended by 10 officers from Customs, the judicial, tax and maritime police, as well as coast guards, the training is led by two French Customs experts. The course’s opening ceremony was chaired by Mr Elton Santos,…
17/10 – Organized crime-linked group of 100 brawl at Tokyo skyscraper restaurant. Police were called to a restaurant inside a Tokyo skyscraper Sunday after a mass brawl erupted among around 100 customers who appeared to be members of a group with links to organized crime. 17/10 – 31 arrested for stealing cars by hacking keyless…
Two activities organised under the EU-funded SEACOP V were implemented in Dakar last week. A 5-day training on maritime intelligence. Organised for 15 agents, non-commissioned officers and officers of maritime intelligence units from 4 West African countries, the training was attended by 5 participants from Senegal, 4 from Ivory Coast, 3 from Togo and 3…
On 3 and 4 October 2022, INTERPOL hosted the debriefing meeting of Operation Trigger VIII, which took place in June 2022. Supported through the GIFP’s DISRUPT action, this operation played a key role in strengthening police cooperation and regional security by enabling thousands of seizures, numerous arrests, and investigations in West and Central Africa, with…
On 14 October, GIFP components MASIF and SEACOP participated in the 24-Hour Conference on Organized Crime. With more than 330 speakers from over 55 countries, and running consecutively for 25 hours, the conference brought together academics, researchers, and practitioners to exchange on the latest research on organised crime. MASIF and SEACOP presented the panel “Emerging…
On Monday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU), in close collaboration with St Vincent’s Maritime Intelligence Unit (MIU), realised a seizure of a number of illicit items on board of a pirogue. Earlier in October, TOCU had received intelligence suggesting that a drug and firearms trafficking network operating in Trinidad was preparing to leave…
