EU Crime Fighting Week: GIFP projects share their expertise and lessons learned

The EU Crime Fighting Week (CFW) took place from 10-14 June 2024, bringing together over 250 participants, including EU institutions, international partners, and EU-funded projects, to tackle transregional organised crime. The event, which gathered all the Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP) actions featured 16 panels with almost 100 speakers and moderators, covering a broad range…

Second COLIBRI Working Group on General Aviation

The COLIBRI Working Group on General Aviation was established to serve as an information sharing event to facilitate interaction among practitioners, discuss the GA threat and identify common areas of interest. The meetings are also meant to facilitate exchange of best practices between specialists on GA and increase joint operational work. After a successful inauguration…

South America and Caribbean Fieldwork Underway for Maritime Threat Assessment

MASIF and SEACOP are collaborating on a maritime threat assessment of the Transatlantic to understand the extent of threats beyond drug trafficking. An initial desk review identified illicit timber flows and gold smuggling as commodities also crossing the Atlantic, with weapons and waste also being moved by sea in areas covered by the Global Illicit…