In the last week of August, Peruvian authorities from DIRANDRO, SUNAT, and the Navy, in collaboration with the SEACOP-trained team, achieved two significant anti-drug operations, seizing more than 2000 kilograms of cocaine. These operations were conducted during a narcotics search training on vessels, facilitated by the Technical Interventions Task Force (GOIT) of the Spanish Police.…
On August 27th, trainers from Brazil Federal Police delivered an intensive session on risk profiling of vessels and key maritime routes, sharing their expertise with local colleagues as part of their efforts to fight drug trafficking at sea. Meanwhile, on August 26-29, SEACOP trainer from DIRANDRO, Peru, was chosen by DEVIDA to conduct a training…
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…
On 24th July, a major drug interdiction operation was successfully carried out at the Port of Callao, Peru in a coordinated effort involving Peru’s DIRANDRO, Mexico’s Marine Secretariat, with the full support of SEACOP Authorities seized more than 700 kilograms of cocaine hidden within a container of scrap metal. The drug trafficking organisation had attempted…
After two intense weeks of training (8-19 July), future SEACOP instructors from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are now ready to deliver courses in Maritime Intelligence. Pedagogical and didactic methodology were exposed to the participants so they can prepare, organise and deliver their own training courses on various maritime domain…
Last week, two projects of the EU Global Illicit Flows Programme -SEACOP and CRIMJUST- joined forces to organise a seminar aimed at enhancing the capabilities of the Peruvian Maritime Intelligence Unit in Callao, Peru. Launched on Monday 13 May 2024, the seminar’s opening ceremony witnessed the participation of representatives from the National Port Authority, the…
Last week, the Maritime Intelligence Unit of Peru -created and trained by SEACOP- coordinated the inspection of a high board vessel after receiving an alert from the Colombian National Police. Although no narcotic substance was found, the operation demonstrated the importance of the joint work of all Peruvian forces, namely SUNAT, Policia Nacional DIRANDRO, Marina de…
From 24 to 28 April, SEACOP Regional Coordinator in Latin America supervised an advanced training in maritime intelligence for Peruvian officials. Held at the facilities of the Port Authority of Callao, the course was delivered by experts from the Federal Police of Brazil and Naval Prefecture of Argentina together with our Regional Coordinator for Latin…
From 23-27 January 2023, SEACOP conducted a specialised training on the search for illicit substances aboard vessels, targeted at officials from the Navy, Customs, National Police and Port Authority of #Peru 🇵🇪. Two experts from the Operational Group of Technical Inspections (GOIT) of the Spanish National Police were mobilised by SEACOP, in order to deliver…
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