SEACOP mentoring kicks off in Cape Verde

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…

News briefing – Week of 4 April

07/04 Cape Verdean police seize over 5 tonnes of cocaine. Cape Verdean police seized more than five tonnes of cocaine at sea onboard a fishing boat from Brazil, with the help of American agents. 09/04 Major cocaine smuggling gang busted in Algeciras with 3,500 kilos of the drug found. A joint operation involving officers from…

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SEACOP holds national steering committee in Cape Verde

Team Leader of SEACOP Dominique Bucas and Regional Coordinator for West Africa Eric Wiart conducted a field visit of the COSMAR (Operational Centre for Maritime Surveillance) of Praia. Later on, they organised a national steering committee in the presence of the Director of the Judicial Police and representatives of the EU Delegation.The NSC brought together various agencies involved…

News Briefing – Week of 24 February

  Several suspects of Montenegrin nationality are currently detained in Aruba. They were arrested following the interception of the vessel “Arresa” in which five tonnes of cocaine was discovered onboard. This seizure was the result of an operation led by the Netherlands and Colombia and involved several months of investigation that included Serbian, British and Montenegrin…