It was a very productive week for SEACOP in Ecuador 🇪🇨! SEACOP, represented by Project Director Dominique Bucas and Regional Coordinator for Latin America Alfredo Diaz Sanchez welcomed a high level delegation composed of European 🇪🇺 Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson and Belgian 🇧🇪Minister of Interior Annelies Verlinden. Their visit was part of EU’s continued efforts to strengthen cooperation on issues…
EACOP continues its support in the fight against illicit maritime trafficking in Ecuador 🇪🇨. Yesterday, SEACOP launched a weeklong training on the search and location of narcotic substances on boats. The activity is taking place at the South Naval Base in Guayaquil and will be targeted at officials from Ecuador’s Customs, the Navy and the National…
In the framework of the SEACOP V project in West Africa, a training course on maritime intelligence began on Monday 27 February in Praia, Cape Verde 🇨🇻. 10 officers from the judicial police, customs, maritime police and coast guard are participating in this activity, which is being conducted by experts from French customs and MAOC-N.…
20.02.23 – Traffickers smuggling tobacco from Belarus busted in Poland. Europol supported the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna), the Police Central Bureau of Investigation (Centralne Biuro Śledcze Policji) and the National Revenue Administration (Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa) in disrupting tobacco smugglers and seizing large amounts of cash and valuables. The criminals were initially under investigation for…
Last week, SEACOP and high level political authorities of #Ecuador 🇪🇨 gathered in Quito for a National Steering Committee on maritime security. During meetings held at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Quito, representatives of local authorities, the EU Delegation in the country, the Spanish and the US Embassies discussed further cooperation…
From 13 to 18 February 2023, officers from both AIRCOP Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITFs) from the Norman Manley International Airport (Kingston, Jamaica) and the Sangster International Airport (Montego Bay, Jamaica), took part in the Intelligence-Led Targeting Training, delivered by CARICOM IMPACS and the WCC Group (developer of advanced search and match technology), in…
The COLIBRI Working Group on General Aviation was established to serve as an information sharing event to facilitate interaction among practitioners, discuss the GA threat and identify common areas of interest. The meetings are also meant to facilitate exchange of best practices between specialists on GA and increase joint operational work. After a successful inauguration…
On 6 February 2023, GIFP actions MASIF and SEACOP presented the findings of the joint report “Maritime threat assessment of illicit flows across the Atlantic” online. The report provides insight into illicit flows other than drugs to focus on trafficking of gold, timber waste and E-waste. Researchers from both MASIF and SEACOP painted a vivid…
16.02.23 – Eighteen arrested after £1.5m car thefts in London and home counties. Eighteen people have been arrested following police raids as part of an inquiry into the theft and sale of vehicles worth more than £1.5m. Met Police said the stolen cars included Mitsubishi, Hyundai, Land Rover and Range Rover models, taken across London,…
