On 14 October, GIFP components MASIF and SEACOP participated in the 24-Hour Conference on Organized Crime. With more than 330 speakers from over 55 countries, and running consecutively for 25 hours, the conference brought together academics, researchers, and practitioners to exchange on the latest research on organised crime. MASIF and SEACOP presented the panel “Emerging…
On Monday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU), in close collaboration with St Vincent’s Maritime Intelligence Unit (MIU), realised a seizure of a number of illicit items on board of a pirogue. Earlier in October, TOCU had received intelligence suggesting that a drug and firearms trafficking network operating in Trinidad was preparing to leave…
On Monday 17 October, SEACOP launched a 5-day training on maritime intelligence in Dakar, Senegal. The training is attended by 15 officers and agents of maritime intelligence units from 4 West African countries, including 5 participants from Senegal, 4 from Côte d’Ivoire, 3 from Togo and 3 from Benin. Maritime Intelligence Units (MIU) are multi-agency…
From 3 to 7 October 2022, GIFP component COLIBRI organised an in-person training on monitoring and controlling General Aviation (GA) in Accra, Ghana. A total of 51 officials from Ghana and The Gambia participated in this week-long training. The opening ceremony on 3 October was attended by the Deputy Commissioner of Operations from the Customs…
This week, SEACOP kicked off a training in Maritime Intelligence targeted at the Paraguayan authorities fighting against maritime trafficking. For the next four days, officials from SENAD, Prefectura Naval and the National Police will be trained in obtaining intelligence in the maritime and river contexts. Two officers from the Colombian Police and Navy have been deployed…
On Tuesday 4 October 2022, a seizure of 800 kg of cocaine and 5.8 kgs of cannabis was made on board of MV Elizabeth, registered in Trinidad and Tobago. The operation was supported by members of the St Kitts and Nevis Joint Maritime Control Unit trained by the SEACOP project, as well as three Maritime…
From 26 to 30 September 2022, the second edition of the European Commission’s Crime Fighting Week took place in Brussels. Bringing together over 150 policymakers and practitioners from projects, agencies and institutions dedicated to fighting transnational organised crime, it was the occasion to take stock of this evolving global threat. It was also an opportunity…
SEACOP was pleased to welcome Mr Jesper S. Pedersen, Deputy Head of Unit at FPI European Commission to Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday 6 October 2022. 🇹🇹 Despite some heavy weather going on in the region, Mr Pedersen met with Lt Colonel Dexter Metivier, local head of the National Operations Fusion Centre (left) and local…
On the last week of September 2022, SEACOP delivered a one-week training to the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Anguilla, targeting a total of 9 officers -two of which were women- from Police and Customs. Established in 2016, the country’s JMCU has received annual mentoring sessions from SEACOP until 2019. Cross-fertilisation was at the heart…
