With over 260 participants from 24 countries, the last session of our ‘Threats and Case Studies’, titled “International Seminar on Emerging Dynamics of Maritime Organised Crime” was a resounding success ! Held on 29 July 2024, the webinar witnessed an unprecedented turnout for the following presentations and interventions:1. DIAGNOSIS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE AMERICAS AND…
23.07.24 – ‘Ring and bring’ drug dealers given jail sentences. A gang who “flooded” three communities with heroin and crack cocaine have been given prison sentences of more than 14 years. Ringleader Josh Ashton and “workers” Logan Day, Billy Alexander and Adie Cliff ran a “ring and bring” drugs line supplying Conisbrough, Denaby and Mexborough,…
On 18 July 2024, ECO-SOLVE hosted a strategic expert dialogue to address the increasingly urgent and pressing issues resulting from environmental crimes. The event gathered a diverse group of experts to discuss how to strengthen multilateral responses to environmental crime, focusing on the intersection of organised crime, environmental degradation, as well as security, development, and…
On 11th July 2024, the EU-ACT II Project and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) held a working session to discuss collaboration for a strategic synthetic drugs assessment in the Middle East and North Africa as well as further cooperation, including formalising the participation of EUDA in the framework of EU-ACT II and vice versa.…
Within the framework of the EU-funded SEACOP project, the innovative GRES-Atlantico-SUR initiative has achieved impressive results since its inception. In just one month, more than five tonnes of cocaine and one tonne of marijuana -among others- bound for Europe have been seized. The GRES-Atlantico-SUR, which brings together Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Senegal, is part…
After two intense weeks of training (8-19 July), future SEACOP instructors from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are now ready to deliver courses in Maritime Intelligence. Pedagogical and didactic methodology were exposed to the participants so they can prepare, organise and deliver their own training courses on various maritime domain…
From 9th to 11th July 2024, CRIMJUST held an Investigative Case Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, focusing on strengthening cooperation between law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners from Portugal and Guinea-Bissau. The event, organised in collaboration with the UNODC Programme Office in Guinea-Bissau, AIRCOP, and INTERPOL, brought together Judicial Police and criminal justice officials to share experiences…
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Mainstreaming gender has become a priority across the GIFP, with a focused effort on ensuring that all actions actively promote gender parity within their activities. AIRCOP is at the forefront of this initiative, demonstrating leadership in various ways, including incentivising the creation of women-specific networks within law enforcement. This approach not only fosters gender equality…
