News Brief – Week of 23 September 2024

28.09.24 – Peru ‘losing the battle’ by organised crime, business groups fear economic fallout, call for action. Peru’s business associations said yesterday that the country is “losing the battle” against organised crime, after an escalation in extortions forced the government to call in the military to help police bolster security in the capital Lima. The…

Addressing Illegal Wildlife Trade in the Digital Age: Insights from the Second Global Trend Report

The second iteration of the Global Trend Report, published on 25 September 2024 under the ECO-SOLVE project, offers valuable insights into the shifting dynamics of illegal wildlife trade (IWT). Funded by the European Union through the Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP), the report draws on data from Brazil and South Africa’s GMS Data Hubs to…

SEACOP holds West Africa Regional Mentoring on Maritime Intelligence

This month (3-20 September 2024), SEACOP organised a follow up of the Maritime Intelligence Unit (MIU) Training of Trainers training held in Abidjan in July 2024. 💡 During the Abidjan ToT, MIU officers of the 8 SEACOP supported countries in West Africa (Benin 🇧🇯 Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 The Gambia 🇬🇲Ghana 🇬🇭 Senegal…