News Brief – Week of 2 September 2024
02.09.24 – A 3-Ton Cocaine Seizure in Venezuela Highlights Asia Trafficking Routes. The seizure of a three-ton cocaine shipment at Venezuela’s main airport highlights the role of airport infrastructure in international drug trafficking and exposes an unusual drug trafficking route. On August 24, the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) seized three tons of cocaine that was…
Over 2,000kg of Cocaine Seized in SEACOP-supported Anti-Drug Operations in Peru
In the last week of August, Peruvian authorities from DIRANDRO, SUNAT, and the Navy, in collaboration with the SEACOP-trained team, achieved two significant anti-drug operations, seizing more than 2000 kilograms of cocaine. These operations were conducted during a narcotics search training on vessels, facilitated by the Technical Interventions Task Force (GOIT) of the Spanish Police.…
Risk Profiling of Vessels: SEACOP-trained trainers in Brazil , Peru 🇵🇪 deliver local courses
On August 27th, trainers from Brazil Federal Police delivered an intensive session on risk profiling of vessels and key maritime routes, sharing their expertise with local colleagues as part of their efforts to fight drug trafficking at sea. Meanwhile, on August 26-29, SEACOP trainer from DIRANDRO, Peru, was chosen by DEVIDA to conduct a training…
Maritime Security in Montserrat: SEACOP Conducts Joint Maritime Control Unit Training
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…
SEACOP VI launches series of Workshops on Illicit Drug Trafficking for New Trainers
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…
News Brief – Week of 19 August 2024
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…
Training of Trainers Concluded for Caribbean Maritime Intelligence Units – SEACOP
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…