This week, SEACOP 12 personnel from the Joint Maritime Control Unit (JMCU) of Montserrat received a comprehensive training in both theoretical and practical aspects of maritime control and rummage, at the Police/Law Enforcement Complex, with additional hands-on training aboard the patrol vessel Heliconia Star. Led by our dedicated team of trainers, the training was notably…
On 23 August 2024, SEACOP began its new series of Workshops on Illicit Drug Trafficking for Latin American countries and the Dominican Republic. This marks an important milestone, where each of the local SEACOP trainers—who were trained last July in Argentina— will begin delivering training on illicit maritime trafficking within their own countries. “In just…
19.08.24 – Euro forger who produced EUR 11 million in fake bills arrested in Italy. On an action day conducted in Naples, Italy, on 14 August 2024, the Italian Carabinieri arrested a notorious money forger, dismantled his sophisticated counterfeiting print shop and seized nearly EUR 3 million in high-quality counterfeit banknotes. Collaborating closely with the…
Last week, following the West African and Latin American editions, SEACOP conducted a Training of Trainers for Maritime Intelligence Officers from 10 countries of the Caribbean region. Held from August 12-16, 2024 in Barbados, this regional activity aimed to enhance the technical and instructional capacities of Maritime Intelligence Units (MIUs) members across the Caribbean. “This…
On 24th July, a major drug interdiction operation was successfully carried out at the Port of Callao, Peru in a coordinated effort involving Peru’s DIRANDRO, Mexico’s Marine Secretariat, with the full support of SEACOP Authorities seized more than 700 kilograms of cocaine hidden within a container of scrap metal. The drug trafficking organisation had attempted…
13.08.24 – Criminals using border workers to get drugs into NZ ‘well on the rise.’ Organised crime groups are targeting border workers with access to systems and restricted areas to allow drug shipments to slip through the border, Customs New Zealand says. A new report made public under the Official Information Act shows the risk…
On 5 and 6 August 2024, the Eastern & Southern Africa Commission on Drugs (ESACD) held a regional consultation meeting on cannabis regulation in Maputo, Mozambique. The event, opened by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, aimed to guide regional drug policy reform in light of the global shift away from the criminalisation of cannabis. Participants included…
06.08.24 – ‘Your reign of terror must end’: Premier Alan Winde’s warning to organised crime syndicates after eight suspects killed. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed police action in swiftly foiling an alleged cash-in-transit heist that left eight suspects dead. The intelligence-driven operation took place on Monday in Town Two, Khayelitsha. The team comprising…
During the scoping mission conducted in April 2024 to Ecuador, several challenges had been identified: Thus, from 22 – 26 July 2024, COLIBRI organised a national foundation training that would address these gaps by providing field agents with the knowledge and basic techniques to efficiently plan control operations and monitor general aviation. Furthermore, knowledge of…
