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…

CRIMJUST supports Peru in fostering international judicial cooperation in organised crime and drug trafficking

Argentina, Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia, Cooperation, CRIMJUST, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Money laundering, Panama, Peru, Programme and Projects News, Trafficking

Under the framework of CRIMJUST, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) delivered a workshop in International Judicial Cooperation in cases of organised crime, drug trafficking and money laundering, in collaboration with the National Commission for Development and Life Without Drugs (DEVIDA PERU) and the Iberoamerican Network of Anti-Drug Prosecutors (RFAI), on 26-28…

UNODC Assists the Public Ministry of Panama to Launch a Regional Workshop on Asset Recovery and Mechanisms for the Prosecution of the proceeds of crime

Corruption, Costa Rica, CRIMJUST, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Latin America, Money laundering, Panama, Trafficking, UN

CRIMJUST delivered a Regional Workshop on Asset Recovery and Mechanism for the Prosecution of the Illicit Product on 11 June 2018 together with the School of Public Prosecutors of the Public Ministry of Panama. With the participation of officers from the Public Prosecution Office(s) of Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic,…

Workshop on investigation of organised crime and money laundering in the Dominican Republic

CRIMJUST, Dominican Republic

UNODC ROPAN/ CRIMJUST provided a workshop on communication techniques to address the press and civil society on matters of investigations of organised crime and money laundering between 12 and 13 September. During the two-day workshop, Mr. José Ignacio Gerez, Attorney General of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina, and Mr. Sebastián Lafón, Chief of Communications of…

CRIMJUST promotes exchange with Mexican Police and General Prosecutor

Argentina, Colombia, CRIMJUST, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama

CRIMJUST partner countries met, between 28 and 29 August, with representatives of the Mexican Federal Police and the General Prosecutor of the Republic in Mexico to exchange best practices in effectively tackling drug trafficking. Aimed at enhancing regional and south-south cooperation, CRIMJUST in collaboration with the UNODC Mexico regional office, organised an exchange visit to…