Conservative candidate Ivan Duque has won Colombia’s presidential runoff election on 17 June 2018. Duque’s presidential agenda included next to the peace deal also narco-trafficking. Colombia’s production of cocaine has increased, and armed groups are fighting each other for control of routes once controlled by FARC. The cocaine kingpin, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La…
Under the framework of CRIMJUST and through the Global Programme against Money-Laundering Programme (GPML), the UNODC and the Ministry of Security in Argentina collaboratively held a 2-day cryptocurrency investigation training from 7-8 June 2018. The aim of this computer-based course was to enhance the understanding of cryptocurrencies and to increase the ability to conduct bitcoin…
The European Drug Report 2018, released on 7 June by the EMCDDA, mentioned that the purity of street cocaine across Europe is at its highest level in a decade and that the number of people seeking treatment for cocaine addiction has risen. Solution to fight illegal drugs can be country-specific, as the 3-year Mexico-Filipino cooperation…
Under the framework of CRIMJUST, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), supporting the Ministry of Security in Argentina, delivered, jointly with Secretariat for the fight Against Drug Trafficking, an advanced training course against drug trafficking on 4 June 2018. During the opening, Mr. Marco Teixeira, CRIMJUST coordinator, noted that the UNODC considers…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime – Regional Office for Central America and the Caribbean (UNODC ROPAN) has supported the National Aeronaval Service (SENAN) of Panama under the framework of the CRIMJUST project, in adopting a mandatory ethics training to prevent corruption on 28 May 2018. The training titled, “Basic Course on Ethics…
This year the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has several opportunities to revisit, rethink and reinvigorate the fight against organised crime in the region. The organisation is poised to significantly boost its role as a regional framework for policy development and action on serious issues, among which various forms of illicit trafficking, including…
After providing a series of courses in Latin America during 2017, from 6 to 8 February SEACOP organised the first Regional Workshop for Maritime Intelligence Units (MIU) in the region, held in Panama.
From 17 to 19 January CRIMJUST, with the UNODC office in Colombia and the Global Programme against Money Laundering, supported the organization of the first training course on cryptocurrency investigation in Latin America. The aim of this practical course was to enhance participating countries’ understanding of cryptocurrencies and strengthen their capacity to conduct bitcoin tracing for investigative purposes. Participants attending the computer-based training course included investigators from law enforcement (including cyber oriented units), financial intelligence units, and prosecutors.
The son of former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in prison on drug charges
The crisis in Guatemala has escalated after President Jimmy Morales
