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 4 to 14 April 2023, CRIMJUST held a series of briefings for European Union (EU) Delegations covering the relevant regions of engagement. These briefings provided an overview of CRIMJUST and informed the EU Delegations of CRIMJUST’s strategic framework and intervention logic for the period 2023 to 2025, as the programme launches its third phase…
The Global Report on Cocaine developed under CRIMJUST and presented during the CND in March 2023 provides an invaluable source of information on the global cocaine market, including trends in trafficking routes and modalities, criminal actors, cocaine production, related products and its relation to other drugs. On 19 April 2023, CRIMJUST provided a tailored presentation…
This week, SEACOP’s Deputy Regional Coordinator for Africa, Akizi-Egnim AKALA is conducting an evaluation mission of the Joint Maritime Control Units (JMCUs) in the ports of Takoradi and Tema, Ghana. This mission, carried out with the technical support of the French Customs, aims at evaluating the organisational, logistical and operational capacities of the two JMCUs. …
In the largest coordinated firearms operation ever led by INTERPOL via the EU funded GIFP project DISRUPT, Central and South American authorities made 14,260 arrests and seized over 8,263 illegal firearms, as well as 305,000 rounds of ammunition. Operation Trigger IX took place from 12 March to 2 April 2023, aimed at targeting key trafficking…
From 11 – 21 April 2023, as part of the AIRCOP support to the Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITFs) in West Africa, a mentorship programme was delivered in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. AIRCOP aims to strengthen capacities at international airports to detect and intercept high-risk passengers and illicit commodities in origin, transit and destination countries.…
From 11 – 21 April 2023, as part of the AIRCOP support to the Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITFs) in West Africa, a mentorship programme was delivered in Praia, Cape Verde. AIRCOP aims to strengthen capacities at international airports to detect and intercept high-risk passengers and illicit commodities in origin, transit and destination countries.…
This week, SEACOP was in Guyana 🇬🇾 to take part in the preparations for the upcoming Tradewinds 2023 exercise. More than 1,000 troops from 17 countries are expected to partake in the exercise, which will seek to further prepare Guyana to counter regional and security threats. Organisations such as CARICOM IMPACS, the Regional Security System, the Implementation Agency…
At the end of last month, SEACOP held its 2nd Maritime Intelligence Training for Argentinean officers in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷. Experts from the Colombian Navy, the Brazilian Federal Police and SEACOP’s Latin America Coordinator, Alfredo Diaz Sanchez, focused the activity on intelligence gathering in the maritime and river environment, analysed recently detected criminal patterns in…
On March 31st, SEACOP organised a closing ceremony celebrating the end of the Joint Maritime Control Unit advanced training in Lomé, #Togo 🇹🇬 The training course, which benefited 16 participants from Togo’s police, customs and maritime affairs, sought to provide the agents of the Joint Maritime Control Unit with in-depth skills on vessels rummage to strengthen the…
