08.02.23 – European Commission looks to step up war on drugs through better police cooperation. The European Commission wants to help EU countries in the fight against drug trafficking by increasing cooperation between domestic police forces. During a trip to the Port of Antwerp on Tuesday, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, pledged…
Snippets of the closing ceremony of the ship search mentorship held in Freetown, Sierra Leone last week by SEACOP. Presided over by the Deputy National Security Coordinator in the presence of Mr. Holger Comment, representing the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone and the SEACOP Deputy Regional Coordinator for Africa, Mr. Akizi-Egnim AKALA. In his…
Last week the SEACOP team in Latin America, together with the support of Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (Narcotics) – MAOC (N) launched a regional initiative called “Threat and Case Studies” where all participating countries plan to exchange experiences with other partners in the region. With these meetings, SEACOP aims to support the fight against…
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29.02.23 – Everything is Fake: “Pig Butchering,” is the term organized crime groups and gangs are using to virtually scam their victims out of their life savings. Since it came to prominence in 2021, the fraud – which involves scammers grooming their victims before stealing huge sums in cryptocurrency – has led to losses of…
Last week, SEACOP delivered a very successful mentorship for the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮. 15 participants from the Police, maritime police, port authority, national Gendarmerie and Customs were involved in the activity, which included practical exercises on board of vessels. On Friday, the closing ceremony was presided over by the Secretary…
From 23-27 January 2023, SEACOP conducted a specialised training on the search for illicit substances aboard vessels, targeted at officials from the Navy, Customs, National Police and Port Authority of #Peru 🇵🇪. Two experts from the Operational Group of Technical Inspections (GOIT) of the Spanish National Police were mobilised by SEACOP, in order to deliver…
On Monday 22 January 2023, the Senegalese Navy made an impressive seizure of 805kg of cocaine, 335 km away from Dakar. Carried out with the support of the French FALCON 50 maritime patrol aircraft stationed in Dakar and the JMCU team supported by SEACOP, the operation resulted in the interception of a vessel transporting the…
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The Colombian authorities conducted a successful seizure, in close cooperation with the Spanish National Police and Customs, which resulted in the capture of one criminal and the confiscation of 322 kilograms of cocaine. The operation took part within the framework of the “Estrategia Esmeralda” and within the framework of “Operation Tayrona” led by the Colombian…
