On Monday 22 January 2023, the Senegalese Navy made an impressive seizure of 805kg of cocaine, 335 km away from Dakar. Carried out with the support of the French FALCON 50 maritime patrol aircraft stationed in Dakar and the JMCU team supported by SEACOP, the operation resulted in the interception of a vessel transporting the…
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The Colombian authorities conducted a successful seizure, in close cooperation with the Spanish National Police and Customs, which resulted in the capture of one criminal and the confiscation of 322 kilograms of cocaine. The operation took part within the framework of the “Estrategia Esmeralda” and within the framework of “Operation Tayrona” led by the Colombian…
Expertise France -through the SEACOP maritime security project- signs an MoU with the Gambian government. On Thursday 12 January 2023, the Gambian Minister of the Interior, Siaka Sonko, signed on behalf of the Gambian government a Memorandum of Understanding with the SEACOP Project Director, representing the main implementing partner of the project, Expertise France. In…
EU-funded project SEACOP V and the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) in early December 2022, conducted a joint training in the city of Georgetown in Guyana. Targeted at personnel from Guyana Revenue Authority, Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit and Guyana Defense Force Coast Guard, Guyana Police Force and Maritime Administrative Department, the five-day training activity was hailed…
An international study visit to Madrid and Algeciras, Spain was held between November 26-December 03, 2022 under the auspices of the Multi-Country Cross-Border Security Programme in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti (MCBS) and the EU funded SEACOP project. The MCBS programme is also financed by the European Union and implemented by the FIIAPP to…
SEACOP is pleased to visit its strategic partner MAOC-N in Lisbon today. The Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (Narcotics) – MAOC (N) welcomed the SEACOP team in its headquarters for a #cooperation visit aimed at reinforcing the successful partnership between the two parties. Following a warm welcome by MAOC-N Executive Director Sjoerd Top, the team was briefed by analyst Manuel…
The European Union (EU)-funded Seaport Cooperation Programme (SEACOP) on Monday 12 December 2022 launched the International Seminar “The Pacific-Atlantic Axis: How to provide a comprehensive response against illicit maritime trafficking” in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Held on 12 and 13 December, the International Seminar aims to establish a comprehensive strategy to support the fight of regional authorities…
Together, organised crime and corruption are complex and global phenomena that undermine democratic processes, slow down development and contribute to instability. As trade, finance, travel and communication have become more open, the production, transit and consumption of illicit goods has also spread, with people in positions of power seeking to benefit. Criminal networks seek to…
