Amidst the global challenge of combating drug trafficking and related crimes, the recent 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) held from 15 to 22 March 2024 once again provided a global space for discussing lates trends and responses on drugs trafficking and related international drug policy commitments. Among a record of over 170 side events…
After three years of implementing capacity building activities across Central and South America as well as West and Central Africa the DISRUPT project held its closing meeting on 20 March in Brussels. The meeting was attended by representatives of the European Commission, GIFP actions, and relevant stakeholders. The DISRUPT project emerged by incorporating the learning,…
Straight from Argentina, our Project Director and Regional Coordinator for Latin America were in Brasilia on the week of 18-20 March 2024 to renew the partnership between SEACOP and its partners from Brazil, in the combat against drug trafficking and illegal timber trafficking. 🇧🇷 The trip began with a productive meeting with the PolĂcia Federal do Brasil, a…
On 20 March 2024, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) launched ECO-SOLVE, a global EU-funded programme aimed at disrupting illicit environmental flows, at an event in Brussels. This three-year project, part of the Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP), aims to effectively monitor the online trade, extract useful and digestible data that can inform…
12.03.24 – 13 victims of human trafficking safeguarded in Spain. Europol has supported the Spanish National Police (PolicĂa Nacional) and the Polish Border Guard (StraĹĽ Graniczna) in an operation targeting a criminal organisation trafficking human beings for the purposes of sexual and labour exploitation in Spain. The investigation has resulted in 17 arrests and the…
AIRCOP has expanded its work related to gender mainstreaming, particularly through its regional Virtual Coffees for Women of AIRCOP, of which AIRCOP has organized two in 2024 (one anglophone and one francophone) with participation from Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, The Gambia, and Togo. The first meeting was held the 15 February…
From 14 – 16 March, SEACOP was in Argentina fortifying its partnership with the country’s authorities with EU support. Starting with a briefing with EU Ambassador to the country Amador Sánchez Rico, our Project Director Dominique Bucas and Regional Coordinator Alfredo Diaz Sanchez later met with Deputy Head of the Delegation, Eran Nagan and key…
