From 5 to 7 June, in Asunción, 🇵🇾 SEACOP launched a unique trans-regional initiative aimed at strengthening joint operations between the Americas and Africa named GRES-ATLANTICO SUR. Why is this initiative special? Announced in the presence local authorities, Naval Prefectures of Argentina and Uruguay, and Federal Police of Brazil, this strategy will provide a special…
This week (June 10-14, 2024), SEACOP is organising a comprehensive mentoring in Praia, Cape Verde. It brings together 14 trainees representing 7 key agencies: Judicial Police, Maritime Police, Fiscal Police, Coast Guard, Multinational Maritime Coordination Center, Praia Port, and the Maritime Information Collection Center. With two experienced trainers from our partner agency Maritime Analysis Operations…
Strong of its strategic position in the Gulf of Guinea, Senegal has been at the forefront of the fight against illicit trafficking at sea, and a crucial partner of SEACOP in recent years. This week (3-7 June 2024), the Joint Maritime Control Unit (JMCU) of Dakar engaged in a mentoring aimed to further reinforce its…
Strengthen , Share 🫱🏽🫲🏻 and Strike💥 … again in the Caribbean ! From 22 April to 4 May 2024, SEACOP delivered a very successful Training of Trainers programme in Trinidad and Tobago targeted at 18 students from Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent and Trinidad and Tobago’s Maritime Intelligence…
From May 14-16, 2024, a transformative training session, similar to that which was implemented for francophone JAITFs in Lomé (Togo) 2023, was held at the World Customs Organization (WCO) Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. This event brought together CENcomm National Contact Points (NCPs) from key West and Central African Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITFs) stationed…
16.05.24 – More than 100 arrested in suspected gang operation. More than 100 people have been arrested as part of a year-long operation targeting suspected organised criminal gangs. Cleveland Police carried out raids in Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Redcar and Cleveland in attempts to tackle those involved in drug dealing, exploitation and human trafficking. At…
Last week, two projects of the EU Global Illicit Flows Programme -SEACOP and CRIMJUST- joined forces to organise a seminar aimed at enhancing the capabilities of the Peruvian Maritime Intelligence Unit in Callao, Peru. Launched on Monday 13 May 2024, the seminar’s opening ceremony witnessed the participation of representatives from the National Port Authority, the…
Following the signing of a MoU between SEACOP and the Regional Maritime University of Ghana on May 15th, SEACOP organised a regional seminar on ‘Best practice exchange between Maritime Intelligence Units and Joint Maritime Control Units (MIU/JMCU)’ . Held on 16-17 May 2024, this seminar aimed to strengthen the capacities of MIU/JMCU in the SEACOP’s…
On 13th May 2024, during the 33rd Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), CRIMJUST held a significant side event highlighting the critical focus of its work: the security and protection of prosecutors in Ibero-America. This event provided a platform for prosecutors from the AIAMP (Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors) Working…
On Wednesday 15 May 2024, SEACOP -on behalf of Expertise France– and the Regional Maritime University of Ghana signed a memorandum of understanding in Accra, #Ghana. This marks the officialisation of a valuable partnership, whereby the SEACOP project will support the regional partners in their fight against illicit maritime trafficking. With the RMU as an…
