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…
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.…
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…
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…
