This past week (April 2-5, 2024), SEACOP carried out an important mission in Bogotá, Colombia which has been an enduring partner throughout the years.“Colombia has played a crucial role since phase V, enhancing our intelligence, analysis, and maritime anti-drug operations across the Americas,” explains SEACOP Regional Coordinator for Latin America Alfredo Diaz. He cites the…
01.04.24 – Violent Chinese organised crime gang operating in Ireland linked to cannabis grow-houses. A violent Chinese organised crime gang operating in Ireland ran a series of cannabis grow-houses and abducted fellow nationals. Details of the underworld network emerged as the Criminal Assets Bureau took a case against Yan Yan Fan and her ex-boyfriend Guang…
In a joint operation by the the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), traffickers coming from Venezuela were stopped in a go-fast boat filled with cocaine and fuel on Friday 29 March 2024. Carrying more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine and a large quantity of fuel, they were arrested at Vergenoegen,…
Amidst the global challenge of combating drug trafficking and related crimes, the recent 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) held from 15 to 22 March 2024 once again provided a global space for discussing lates trends and responses on drugs trafficking and related international drug policy commitments. Among a record of over 170 side events…
After three years of implementing capacity building activities across Central and South America as well as West and Central Africa the DISRUPT project held its closing meeting on 20 March in Brussels. The meeting was attended by representatives of the European Commission, GIFP actions, and relevant stakeholders. The DISRUPT project emerged by incorporating the learning,…
Straight from Argentina, our Project Director and Regional Coordinator for Latin America were in Brasilia on the week of 18-20 March 2024 to renew the partnership between SEACOP and its partners from Brazil, in the combat against drug trafficking and illegal timber trafficking. 🇧🇷 The trip began with a productive meeting with the Polícia Federal do Brasil, a…
On 20 March 2024, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) launched ECO-SOLVE, a global EU-funded programme aimed at disrupting illicit environmental flows, at an event in Brussels. This three-year project, part of the Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP), aims to effectively monitor the online trade, extract useful and digestible data that can inform…
12.03.24 – 13 victims of human trafficking safeguarded in Spain. Europol has supported the Spanish National Police (Policía Nacional) and the Polish Border Guard (Straż Graniczna) in an operation targeting a criminal organisation trafficking human beings for the purposes of sexual and labour exploitation in Spain. The investigation has resulted in 17 arrests and the…
