Newsbrief – week of 28 November

Belgium, Bolivia, EU, EUROJUST, EUROPOL, News, Newsbriefings, Peru, The Netherlands

https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-shuts-down-websites-offering-counterfeit-goods-and-pirated-content – International operation shuts down websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated content https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/heat-rising-european-super-cartel-taken-down-in-six-countries – Heat is rising as European super cartel is taken down in six countries https://insightcrime.org/news/lake-titicaca-smugglers-paradise-bolivia-peru/ Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler’s Paradise in Bolivia and Peru https://insightcrime.org/news/super-cartel-controlling-europe-drug-trade/ Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe’s Drug Trade? https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/serbian-led-drug-smuggling-network-halted-belgium-luxembourg-and-netherlands Serbian-led drug smuggling network halted in…

CRIMJUST showcases the value of inter-regional criminal justice cooperation with good examples from Bolivia, during a CCPCJ side event.

Article, Bolivia, Cooperation, CRIMJUST, EU, Event, Publication

Under the framework of the Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP) on 19 May 2021 at the Thirtieth Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), CRIMJUST hosted an online side-event organised by the European Union, in partnership with the government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. This side-event showcased the potential for…

CRIMJUST training courses on “specialised controlled deliveries”

Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, CRIMJUST, Ecuador, Panama, Programme and Projects News, Publication, Seizure, Trafficking, Uruguay

CRIMJUST, one of the component projects of the Global Illicit Flows Programme of the European Union, in collaboration with the Iberoamerican Network of Anti-drug Prosecutors (Red de Fiscales Antidroga de Iberoamérica) successfully implemented the first two of a series of four training courses on specialised controlled delivery. Designed to tackle transnational drug trafficking the training…

News Briefing – Week of 18 May

Belgium, Bolivia, Cannabis, Cocaine, Colombia, Illegal logging, Methamphetamines, Morocco, Newsbriefings, Peru, Publication, Seizure, South Africa, Wildlife trafficking

The lock-down measures adopted in Morocco have disrupted the usual routes used to traffic cannabis towards Europe. Indeed, traffickers were previously relying on the commercial shipping vessels or high-speed boats crossing the Mediterranean. So as to avoid detection, they are favouring longer and more expansive routes however such methodology requires drug hand-overs at high sea.  Burmese authorities…

CRIMJUST activities in June-July 2019

Argentina, Bolivia

On 21st June, CRIMJUST held its Project Steering Committee and Coordination to present its achievements and discuss its future direction in Cartagena, Colombia. This event offered a platform for the project representatives to discuss and align the overall strategy of the programme and ensure CRIMJUST continues to be well integrated within the framework of the…

CRIMJUST to support a cycle of training on asset forfeiture linked to drug trafficking in Bolivia

Bolivia, Cooperation, Corruption, EU, Trafficking, UN

From 18 to 25 March, the Bolivian Vice Ministry of Social Defence and Controlled Substances and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a cycle of training aimed at reinforcing capacities on asset forfeiture linked to drug trafficking. Asset forfeiture, or asset seizure, is a form of confiscation undertaken by a state…

Newsbriefing – Week of 11 March

Bolivia, Brazil, Cocaine, Colombia, Cooperation, Costa Rica, EU, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Security context, Trafficking, UN, US

On Monday, the U.S Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure of 1.5 tonnes of cocaine, the biggest shipment of cocaine seized in New York and New Jersey in 25 years, in the Port of New York-Newark. The cocaine, which has an estimated street value of $77 million, was hidden in a shipping container originating…

Newsbriefing – Week of 4 March

Africa, Argentina, Bolivia, Cocaine, Colombia, Consumption, Cooperation, Development, EU, Latin America, Newsbriefings, Peru, Security context, Trafficking, Venezuela

In coordination with the National Gendarmerie of Argentina, the Bolivian police arrested in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, an Argentinian drug-trafficker dubbed the “Chapo Guzmán” of South America. The man was reportedly trafficking drugs from Bolivia to Argentina using small planes and he had managed to escape from jail several times with the help…

Bolivia becomes the eight-country in Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in CRIMJUST.

Bolivia, Cooperation, CRIMJUST, Legislation, UN

On November 7, 2018 in La Paz, the Government of Bolivia and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed the letter of understanding for the implementation of the CRIMJUST Project in Bolivia. CRIMJUST is a project implemented by UNODC within the framework of the European Union Cocaine Route Programme (CRP). With a…