Last week, SEACOP and high level political authorities of #Ecuador 🇪🇨 gathered in Quito for a National Steering Committee on maritime security. During meetings held at the premises of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Quito, representatives of local authorities, the EU Delegation in the country, the Spanish and the US Embassies discussed further cooperation…
From 13 to 18 February 2023, officers from both AIRCOP Joint Airport Interdiction Task Forces (JAITFs) from the Norman Manley International Airport (Kingston, Jamaica) and the Sangster International Airport (Montego Bay, Jamaica), took part in the Intelligence-Led Targeting Training, delivered by CARICOM IMPACS and the WCC Group (developer of advanced search and match technology), in…
The COLIBRI Working Group on General Aviation was established to serve as an information sharing event to facilitate interaction among practitioners, discuss the GA threat and identify common areas of interest. The meetings are also meant to facilitate exchange of best practices between specialists on GA and increase joint operational work. After a successful inauguration…
On 6 February 2023, GIFP actions MASIF and SEACOP presented the findings of the joint report “Maritime threat assessment of illicit flows across the Atlantic” online. The report provides insight into illicit flows other than drugs to focus on trafficking of gold, timber waste and E-waste. Researchers from both MASIF and SEACOP painted a vivid…
SEACOP is participating in an international workshop organised by the Organisation of American States – OAS-CITCE in Guatemala this week. A total of 17 local institutions, high-level authorities, heads of the main ports of the region and international organisations such as the International Maritime Organisation -IMO-, the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law and the Private…
Snippets of the closing ceremony of the ship search mentorship held in Freetown, Sierra Leone last week by SEACOP. Presided over by the Deputy National Security Coordinator in the presence of Mr. Holger Comment, representing the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone and the SEACOP Deputy Regional Coordinator for Africa, Mr. Akizi-Egnim AKALA. In his…
Last week the SEACOP team in Latin America, together with the support of Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (Narcotics) – MAOC (N) launched a regional initiative called “Threat and Case Studies” where all participating countries plan to exchange experiences with other partners in the region. With these meetings, SEACOP aims to support the fight against…
Last week, SEACOP delivered a very successful mentorship for the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮. 15 participants from the Police, maritime police, port authority, national Gendarmerie and Customs were involved in the activity, which included practical exercises on board of vessels. On Friday, the closing ceremony was presided over by the Secretary…
From 23-27 January 2023, 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…
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…
