The SEACOP Special Response Group in the South Atlantic tops the headlines again by successfully preventing the arrival of a major drug shipment to Europe, with simultaneous operations in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Earlier this month, SEACOP and the COLIBRI project set up an Operational Coordination Centre in Montevideo, where they supervised an unprecedented…
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…
After two intense weeks of training (8-19 July), future SEACOP instructors from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are now ready to deliver courses in Maritime Intelligence. Pedagogical and didactic methodology were exposed to the participants so they can prepare, organise and deliver their own training courses on various maritime domain…
Buenos Aires, Argentina – A Landmark Success in Drug Trafficking Prevention Within the framework of the EU-funded SEACOP project, the innovative GRES-Atlantico-SUR initiative has achieved impressive results in just one month since its inception. This initiative is part of a comprehensive strategy to combat drug trafficking and organised crime, spanning from the Paraná Waterway to…
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…
From 14 – 16 March, SEACOP was in Argentina fortifying its partnership with the country’s authorities with EU support. Starting with a briefing with EU Ambassador to the country Amador Sánchez Rico, our Project Director Dominique Bucas and Regional Coordinator Alfredo Diaz Sanchez later met with Deputy Head of the Delegation, Eran Nagan and key…
Successful wrap up of SEACOP’s “Joint Training of the Atlantic Alliance Transregional Intelligence Groups (TRIG+)” in #Argentina 🇦🇷 On Thursday, SEACOP celebrated the closing ceremony of the TRIG+ event, led by Argentinian Minister of National Security, Aníbal Fernández. During the event, the Minister of National Security expressed profound gratitude for participants, emphasising, “Working together is…
At the end of last month, SEACOP held its 2nd Maritime Intelligence Training for Argentinean officers in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷. Experts from the Colombian Navy, the Brazilian Federal Police and SEACOP’s Latin America Coordinator, Alfredo Diaz Sanchez, focused the activity on intelligence gathering in the maritime and river environment, analysed recently detected criminal patterns in…
Last week the SEACOP team in Latin America, together with the support of Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (Narcotics) – MAOC (N) launched a regional initiative called “Threat and Case Studies” where all participating countries plan to exchange experiences with other partners in the region. With these meetings, SEACOP aims to support the fight against…
On Monday 14 November, SEACOP and Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the fight against illicit maritime trafficking. Signed by Minister of Security, Anibal Fernandez, EU Ambassador to Argentina, Amador Sánchez Rico, and SEACOP Project Director Dominique Bucas, the MoU aims to strengthen the existing cooperation between the government of Argentina and the SEACOP…
