Last week (23-27 Sept 2024) SEACOP organised an advanced training in narcotics search on vessels in Buenos Aires, aimed at empowering the authorities of Argentina from the Prefectura Naval, Customs, and Federal Police to enhance their skills in maritime security. Attended by 12 participants, the course was delivered by experts from GOIT of the Spanish…
The second iteration of the Global Trend Report, published on 25 September 2024 under the ECO-SOLVE project, offers valuable insights into the shifting dynamics of illegal wildlife trade (IWT). Funded by the European Union through the Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP), the report draws on data from Brazil and South Africa’s GMS Data Hubs to…
This month (3-20 September 2024), SEACOP organised a follow up of the Maritime Intelligence Unit (MIU) Training of Trainers training held in Abidjan in July 2024. 💡 During the Abidjan ToT, MIU officers of the 8 SEACOP supported countries in West Africa (Benin 🇧🇯 Cabo Verde 🇨🇻 Cote d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 The Gambia 🇬🇲Ghana 🇬🇭 Senegal…
From 16 to 20 September 2024, COLIBRI officially launched its Tutoring and Mentoring Cycle of Courses in Accra, Ghana. This initiative is the first in a series of training programmes designed to strengthen the capacity of government officials and partners to monitor, analyse, and control general aviation (GA) activities. The programme provides participants with advanced…
SEACOP-trained teams of the port of Montevideo have achieved a remarkable seizure at the end of September 2024. Authorities of Uruguay reported the arrest of several people and simultaneous searches in Montevideo houses following the discovery of a fishing boat with a ton of cocaine, about to leave for the Atlantic.“The operation was carried out…
On 10 and 11 September 2024, the EU-ACT 2 project, funded by the European Union through the Global Illicit Flows Programme (GIFP), organised a workshop in Baghdad to address the challenges faced by Iraqi women in the security sector. Participants from the Office of the National Security Advisor (ONSA), the Ministry of Interior, and the…
On 3 and 4 September 2024, the Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs (ESACD), supported by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC) and funded by the EU through the GIFP, convened its third high-level consultation in Zanzibar. Chaired by former President of South Africa Kgalema Motlanthe, the meeting brought together Commissioners including…
In the last week of August, Peruvian authorities from DIRANDRO, SUNAT, and the Navy, in collaboration with the SEACOP-trained team, achieved two significant anti-drug operations, seizing more than 2000 kilograms of cocaine. These operations were conducted during a narcotics search training on vessels, facilitated by the Technical Interventions Task Force (GOIT) of the Spanish Police.…
