AIRCOP and CRIMJUST participate in the INTERPOL-led Operation Lionfish

AIRCOP, Brazil, Cocaine, CRIMJUST, EU, Latin America, Marijuana, Trafficking, West Africa

Operation Lionfish, an INTERPOL-led global effort against trafficking of illicit substances and drugs, was launched between 17 September and 8 October 2018, simultaneously across 93 countries. The operation resulted in the seizure of more than 55 tonnes of illicit substances including 35 tonnes of cocaine, five tonnes of heroin, 15 tonnes of cannabis and 430,000…

The AIRCOP task force of Punta Cana International Airport detects and supports the disruption of a migrant smuggling network to Europe

AIRCOP, Dominican Republic

  Earlier in September, the AIRCOP Joint Airport Interdiction Task Force (JAITF) at Punta Cana International Airport, intercepted three Dominican nationals travelling with fraudulent Guatemalan documents, with final destination Tel Aviv. The detection of these high-risk passengers is the result of a long-term investigation carried out by the Punta Cana AIRCOP task force, in collaboration…

AIRCOP JAITF in El Salvador detects a passenger wanted by the FBI and INTERPOL on charges of terrorism

AIRCOP, Cooperation, Latin America, Security threats, Togo

The Joint Airport Interdiction Task Force (JAITF) of the Airport Communication Project (AIRCOP) based at the Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador (El Salvador) on 9 August sucessfully detected and investigated Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, wanted for 12 years by the FBI and INTERPOL on charges of arson, destruction of an electric tower…

News Briefing-Week of 16 of July

Africa, AIRCOP, Cocaine, Colombia, Cooperation, EU, Latin America, Marijuana, Newsbriefings, Peru, Production, Security context, UN, West Africa

UNODC and the G5 Sahel agreed, during a joint meeting organised in Nouakchott on 18 July 2018, to strengthen their cooperation in the areas of security and justice. Support in the opening of three new Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITF), in N’Djamena (Chad), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Agadez (Niger), as part of the AIRCOP program was…

Mozambique: seizures of cocaine and diamonds as a result of AIRCOP training

Africa, AIRCOP, Cocaine, Cooperation, Mozambique, Trafficking

On 8 June 2018, the future Joint Airport Interdiction Task Force (JAITF) at Maputo International Airport (Mozambique) concluded its initial training provided by Brazilian Federal Police and UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) experts. The training was the first step towards the establishment of the JAITF. Additional training and mentoring activities will be…

Infopoint Lunchtime Conference “EU trans-regional responses to drug trafficking and organised crime”

AIRCOP, Cooperation, CORMS, CRIMJUST, Development, SEACOP

  The lunchtime conference titled “EU trans-regional responses to drug trafficking and organised crime” took place on 17 May 2018 organised in the margins of the fourth Cocaine Route Programme (CRP) Steering Committee. The event offered a comprehensive view on the combined efforts of different EU programmes in a concerted response of the EU to…

The work of the CRP presented at side event during the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

AIRCOP, CRIMJUST, EU, SEACOP, UN

The European Union and Portugal co-hosted a side event during the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic drugs in Vienna, titled “European trans-regional responses to drug trafficking and organised crime”. The side event showcased the EU’s efforts in promoting a comprehensive, rights- and evidence-based capacity building model with partner countries in addressing the drugs problem. The Cocaine Route Programme (CRP) was part of the side event which included presentations on its ongoing components – namely AIRCOP, CRIMJUST, CORMS and SEACOP.