Last week, 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 both theoretical…
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/international-operation-shuts-down-websites-offering-counterfeit-goods-and-pirated-content – International operation shuts down websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated content https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/heat-rising-european-super-cartel-taken-down-in-six-countries – Heat is rising as European super cartel is taken down in six countries https://insightcrime.org/news/lake-titicaca-smugglers-paradise-bolivia-peru/ Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler’s Paradise in Bolivia and Peru https://insightcrime.org/news/super-cartel-controlling-europe-drug-trade/ Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe’s Drug Trade? https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/news/serbian-led-drug-smuggling-network-halted-belgium-luxembourg-and-netherlands Serbian-led drug smuggling network halted in…
30/05 Five arrests in Hungary for money laundering across three continents. The Budapest Metropolitan Police (Budapesti RendĹ‘r-fĹ‘kapitányság), supported by Europol, dismantled a criminal organisation involved in money laundering and perpetrating fraud using administrative documents. 01/06 Security Challenges Threaten to Derail Democratic Strides in Central African Region, Briefers Tell Security Council. Marking both democratic strides and…
23/05 EUROPOL’ s operation: Nearly 40 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes were seized in France. The investigation, involving several customs services and the assistance of the French network of customs attachĂ©s (especially in Dubai), led to the seizure of 40 tonnes of counterfeit cigarettes in the Marseille and Paris regions. 23/05 Trafficking of Illegal Firearms Severely…
Lima, 25 May 2022 – The EU-funded project SEACOP V and the National Commission for Drug-free Life and Development (DEVIDA) of Peru, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue cooperation in the fight against illicit maritime trade. Represented by Ricardo Antonio SoberĂłn Garrido, Executive President of DEVIDA, and SEACOP Project Director Dominique Bucas, and in the presence…
11/04 Human trafficking gang exploiting South American victims busted in France and Spain. The French Border Police (Police National/Police aux frontiers) and the Spanish National Police (PolicĂa Nacional), supported by Europol, dismantled a criminal network involved in human trafficking for sexual exploitation. The investigation resulted in a simultaneous action day in France and Spain on…
1/06 Barbados homicides have more than doubled since 2012, reaching a record of 49 murders in 2019, dropping to 42 in 2020. The government has pointed to the influx of illegal guns as a facilitator to the increase in violence. 1/06 Mafias operating along Ecuador’s borders with Peru and Colombia profit from the increased demand…
The lock-down measures adopted in Morocco have disrupted the usual routes used to traffic cannabis towards Europe. Indeed, traffickers were previously relying on the commercial shipping vessels or high-speed boats crossing the Mediterranean. So as to avoid detection, they are favouring longer and more expansive routes however such methodology requires drug hand-overs at high sea. Burmese authorities…
From 7 to 11 October, AIRCOP attended the 29th Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies from Latin America and the Caribbean (HONLAC) in Lima, Peru. HONLAC is a subsidiary body of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), one of the governing bodies of the United Nations Office on Drugs and…
The increase of cocaine production in Colombia has boosted the vulnerability of the Panamanian maritime transport industry. In 2018, the authorities of ColĂłn arrested 330 people and seized 12 tonnes of cocaine, half of it in the port terminals. On the other side of the route, the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp have registered an…
