The GIFP gathered for its second steering committee!

AIRCOP, COLIBRI, CORMS, Countering Firearms Trafficking Project, CRIMJUST, EU-ACT, GIFP, iARMS, Programme and Projects News, Publication, SEACOP

The second Steering Committee of the Global Illicit Flows Programme of the European Union was held a year after its launch, from 24 to 26 November 2020. Organised by the Cocaine Route Monitoring and Support Project (CORMS), it took place online over three consecutive days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first part of the…

News Briefing – Week of 9 November 2020

Cocaine, General Aviation, Human trafficking, Newsbriefings, Operation, Organised Crime Organisation, Publication, SEACOP, Seizure, Senegal, Spain, Timber, Trafficking, Training, Wildlife trafficking

09/11/2020 – The Spanish National Police in a joint operation with Europol dismantled a criminal organisation based in Barcelona involved in human trafficking in several European countries. 09/11/2020 – The Guatemalan authorities located a crashed plane containing 1028 kilograms of cocaine in a coastal area on the border with Mexico. In the accident, one person…

SEACOP delivers successful training to Beninese counterparts

Africa, Benin, Cooperation, GIFP, Programme and Projects News, Publication, SEACOP, Seaport infrastructure, Security threats

From the 12th to the 16th October 2020 SEACOP implemented training on vessel rummaging in Cotonou, Benin to officers from the police, customs and the navy. Delivered over five days, the training contained both theoretical and practical elements including the inspection of cargo, a tug, a supply ship as well as a final exercise involving…