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…
“Impact against the Cocaine Axis in the Caribbean”– This was the topic of the recent international seminar organised by SEACOP VI in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Last week (20-22 February 2024), SEACOP held a maritime intelligence seminar aiming to strengthen intelligence gathering in the maritime environment, build knowledge of the existing threats and exchange good…
Today, SEACOP begins a strategic interregional meeting titled “FROM COCAINE TO TIMBER: NEW CHALLENGES FOR SEACOP NETWORK VI.” Bringing together 8 countries from the region and international partners in a united effort against maritime trafficking, the event marks a significant commitment. “We extend our congratulations to the EU-funded SEACOP Project on this important initiative. We…
On March 15th and 16th, the SEACOP and MCBS projects, funded by the European Union, organised a meeting in Santo Domingo to analyse the main Caribbean region threats regarding the maritime context. During these days, local institutions with competence in the fight against illicit maritime trafficking, foreign organisations and agencies, different member countries, MAOC-N and…
From 1 to 4 November 2022, the II Transregional Meeting of Maritime Intelligence Units between the Dominican Republic and Jamaica was held jointly by SEACOP V and the MCBS Project of FIIAPP. Both EU-funded projects started this initiative last June, with the aim of strengthening the exchange of information between the two main Caribbean islands.…
Today, 9 September 2022, SEACOP concluded a one week training for the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Dominican Republic 🇩🇴.Targeted at 13 officials from the Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD), the Navy, the Specialized Port Security (Cuerpo Especializado de Seguridad Portuaria), Customs and the Departamento Nacional De Investigación (DNI), the activity was launched on…
Santo Domingo, 17 August 2022 – The National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) of the Dominican Republic and the European Union through the SEACOP and MCBS projects kicked off a regional seminar in Santo Domingo yesterday. For the past months, SEACOP has established constant coordination with the MCBS project, in light of the their shared objective…
On January 19, the national Steering Committee (NSC) of SEACOP V in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Santo Domingo. A significant number of local authorities were involved in the meeting, in the presence of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs, Mr. Hugo Francisco Rivera. The EU Ambassador to the…
From 22 to 26 April 2019, Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces from 8 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean benefitted from a regional online interactive training on intelligence and analysis for border control management at international airports, alongside other law enforcement officers. Overall, 120 persons from Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Colombia, the…
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…
