03.04.23 – Money laundering couple caught smuggling criminal cash during lockdown. A husband and wife from Hertfordshire who tried to smuggle more than £200,000 out of the UK during the height of the Covid lockdown have been convicted of money laundering. Ardian Sharra, aged 51, and Valbona Laloshi, aged 41, from Tring were investigated by…
On March 31st, SEACOP organised a closing ceremony celebrating the end of the Joint Maritime Control Unit advanced training in Lomé, #Togo 🇹🇬 The training course, which benefited 16 participants from Togo’s police, customs and maritime affairs, sought to provide the agents of the Joint Maritime Control Unit with in-depth skills on vessels rummage to strengthen the…
On 3-4 April 2023, SEACOP held its Coordination Committee in Expertise France (EF) headquarters in Paris, France. The team, which came from West Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe, gathered to discuss the achievements of the past three months, as well as the upcoming activities to be carried out in the next few weeks. They were…
27.03.23 – Female Mexican drug Cartel assassins fight in new organised crime phenomenon. Female gangsters are the newest organised crime “phenomenon” gripping Mexico as women assassins are completing hits for drug cartels. Officials in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas have noticed more and more women becoming embroiled in the shady world of Mexican drug…
Today, SEACOP held the opening ceremony of the advanced ship search training in Lomé, #Togo 🇹🇬. In the presence of the EU Ambassador to Togo, Joaquín Vilallonga, the ceremony was attended by SEACOP Deputy Regional Coordinator for West Africa, Togo’s Maritime Prefect, the representative of the Minister’s High Advisor for the sea, the Director of…
21.03.23 – Six drug traffickers bag 156 years imprisonment in Lagos, Ogun. The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and Ogun state has sentenced six drug traffickers to a total of 156 years imprisonment for offenses bordering on drug dealing, transportation, and conspiracy to transport illicit substances filed against them by the National Drug Law…
