On Tuesday 30 January 2024, the SEACOP-supported Royal Montserrat Police Service successfully intercepted a small yacht carrying 19 individuals in a suspected case of human trafficking. Alerted by intelligence services, the Royal Montserrat Police Marine Unit, which was established with SEACOP’s support in 2015 and has continued to receive training from the project ever since,…
On 14 December 2023, ENACT INTERPOL hosted the Webinar “Gender perspective in the use of open -Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis to disrupt transnational organised crime.” The event was held under the auspices of the ENACT womENACTion initiative and gathered more than 100 experts from the fields of criminal intelligence analysis, security, OSINT and gender from…
Operation Armstrong is a firearm specific law enforcement operation aimed at empowering participating countries to combat the trafficking of illicit firearms effectively. It emphasises collaboration and information exchange among law enforcement agencies and border control authorities. In Latin America, in a collaborative effort between DISRUPT and EMPACT, the operation took place from 11-15th December 2023. Six…
On December 11, 2023, EU ACT II and CADAP7 organised a meeting with the objective of discussing how EU initiatives can operationalise the priorities of the Drugs Dialogue, as well as how they can continue to materialise the EU’s commitment to implementing the Joint Roadmap for Deepening Ties between the EU and Central Asia, which…
Last week, SEACOP participated in a hybrid regional exercise organised by CRIMARIO, with the participation of different institutions from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. During five days, participants took part in various practical exercises from the Naval Base of the National Navy based in Cartagena de Indias. With this activity, the Maritime Intelligence Unit created during…
In a collaborative effort, the INTERPOL Firearms Programme and the INTERPOL Regional Bureau of Buenos Aires orchestrated two National Firearms Trainings for Chile under GIFP action DISRUPT. The first session, held in Santiago on November 27-28, 2023, targeted officers from the metropolitan region, while the second session occurred on November 30 – December 01 in…
The escalating drug crisis in West Africa requires an urgent, targeted and strategic policy response, as the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) report for the years 2020-2022 highlights. The absence of a detailed overview of the drug phenomenon has led to a lack of effective policies in the region, which is why…
Organised crime poses escalating challenges across Africa, as recently revealed by the ENACT Organised Crime Index for Africa 2023. During the launch of the Index on 24 November 2023, the European Union’s Deputy Ambassador to Kenya Ondrej Simek, referenced persistent illicit market within Africa such as human trafficking, cocaine and illicit financial flows, as issues…
On 23 November 2023, the first expert regional consultation on ‘exposing elite protection and corruption in environmental crime’ was organized as part of the global GIFP action ECO-SOLVE. The event was held in person at the Radisson Blu Upperhill in Nairobi, Kenya with additional participants from the EU and the GI-TOC ECO-SOLVE project team joining…
On 16 November 2023, COLIBRI hosted its Steering Committee at the World Customs Organization (WCO) headquarters in Brussels and online to discuss and outline the roadmap for the project’s second phase. As part of the GIFP, COLIBRI II will aim to enable law enforcement agencies and criminal justice institutions with enhanced capacities for conducting regular…
