A mentoring course is being delivered by SEACOP in Antigua, targeted at eight officers of the Joint Maritime Control Unit of the country, which are drawn from from Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force (Coastguard), Customs and Excise, Royal Antigua Police Force and ONDCP. This is the 5th JMCU mentoring event for Antigua, which has benefited…
MASIF and SEACOP are collaborating on a maritime threat assessment of the Transatlantic to understand the extent of threats beyond drug trafficking. An initial desk review identified illicit timber flows and gold smuggling as commodities also crossing the Atlantic, with weapons and waste also being moved by sea in areas covered by the Global Illicit…
On 22-26 August 2022, SEACOP conducted a Maritime Intelligence training in the city of Brasilia, Brazil. The opening ceremony took place in the facilities of the Federal Police of Brazil, in the presence of the Interior Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy in Brazil. During the event, experts outlined the objectives and methodology of this training,…
Last week, SEACOP conducted a weeklong mentoring session for 11 trainees from Dominica’s 🇩🇲 Customs and Coast Guards. This marked the 7th mentoring session for the country’s Joint Maritime Control Unit (JMCU) since its establishment under a previous SEACOP phase in 2016. Delivered by a trainer from Jamaica’s Defence Forces, the training sought to strengthen the…
Santo Domingo, 17 August 2022 – The National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) of the Dominican Republic and the European Union through the SEACOP and MCBS projects kicked off a regional seminar in Santo Domingo yesterday. For the past months, SEACOP has established constant coordination with the MCBS project, in light of the their shared objective…
On Friday 12 August 2022, SEACOP wrapped up a mentoring session for members of the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Ghana. Focusing on ship searches in the ports of Tema and Takoradi, the activity was opened in the presence of the Director General of the Ghana Drug Enforcement Agency on 8 August 2022. The mentoring…
Within the framework of the SEACOP action, a training for the Joint Maritime Control Unit (JMCU) of Argentina kicked off on 8 August 2022 in the Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. The training will span through August 12th, held at the facilities of the Prefectura Naval Argentina. It will target 12 trainees from the Prefectura…
From 1 to 5 August 2022, the 12th National Training on the Control of General Aviation was held in Praia, Cape Verde within the framework of COLIBRI. The workshop was attended by 36 officials, including 13 women, belonging to the main national administrations in charge of general aviation control and the fight against illicit trafficking in…
On 30 July 2022, SEACOP co-organised the signing of the Joint Maritime Control Units protocol between Benin’s national competent Law Enforcement Agencies, including representatives of the Police républicaine, Customs, Navy and the Préfet Maritime. The signature was held at the Office of the Préfet maritime in the presence of SEACOP Deputy Regional Coordinator for West…
On 26 July, GIFP component ENACT organised a seminar focusing on Central Africa as a growing hotspot for organised crime. Bringing together partners from ENACT, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, INTERPOL, and the Central African Police Chiefs Committee, the seminar explored organised crime drivers in Central Africa, the factors responsible for low resilience,…
