Global Illicit Flows Programme – The Booklet UPDATED
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SEACOP celebrates the Day of Women in Maritime Security!
Celebrating Women’s Empowerment in Maritime Security ! Yesterday, SEACOP celebrated Women in Maritime Security Day in Latin America through a very successful webinar. This special event aimed to recognise and celebrate the empowerment and integration of women in the maritime security sector. Women from partner countries of SEACOP, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,…
SEACOP prepares final Caribe 2023 Operation meeting
The SEACOP team is in Jamaica 🇯🇲 this week, attending a number of meetings and finalising the planning of the “Caribe 2023” operation. Following the National Steering Committee held earlier this week, the team met with a number of local authorities and embassy officials, including the EU and French Ambassadors, with whom they discussed the maritime…
SEACOP: Successful regional cooperation at work in Peru vessel search
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…
DISRUPT delivers two cornerstone activities in Brasilia
From 11 to 14 April 2023, the DISRUPT organised two key events in Brasilia, Brazil, including the “Meeting of the Informal Contact Group of the Triple Border and Chile” and a “Subregional Workshop on Arms Trafficking and Related Crimes in the Southern Cone on Electronic Evidence and International Cooperation.” The activities included the participation of…
SEACOP Maritime Intelligence advanced course concludes in Peru
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…
CRIMJUST Briefs EU Delegations in Partner Countries on CRIMJUST III framework
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…
CRIMJUST Presents the Global Report on Cocaine 2023 to the RFAI Prosecutor Network
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…
SEACOP conducts assessment of Ghana’s Joint Maritime Control Units
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. …
DISRUPT successfully implements Operation TRIGGER IX
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…