EU-funded project SEACOP V and the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) in early December 2022, conducted a joint training in the city of Georgetown in Guyana. Targeted at personnel from Guyana Revenue Authority, Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit and Guyana Defense Force Coast Guard, Guyana Police Force and Maritime Administrative Department, the five-day training activity was hailed…
An international study visit to Madrid and Algeciras, Spain was held between November 26-December 03, 2022 under the auspices of the Multi-Country Cross-Border Security Programme in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti (MCBS) and the EU funded SEACOP project. The MCBS programme is also financed by the European Union and implemented by the FIIAPP to…
SEACOP is pleased to visit its strategic partner MAOC-N in Lisbon today. The Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (Narcotics) – MAOC (N) welcomed the SEACOP team in its headquarters for a #cooperation visit aimed at reinforcing the successful partnership between the two parties. Following a warm welcome by MAOC-N Executive Director Sjoerd Top, the team was briefed by analyst Manuel…
The European Union (EU)-funded Seaport Cooperation Programme (SEACOP) on Monday 12 December 2022 launched the International Seminar “The Pacific-Atlantic Axis: How to provide a comprehensive response against illicit maritime trafficking” in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Held on 12 and 13 December, the International Seminar aims to establish a comprehensive strategy to support the fight of regional authorities…
On Friday 25 November 2022, the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Ivory Coast, created under the SEACOP V project, concluded a 5-day ship search training course in Abidjan. Delivered by experts from the French and Senegalese Customs, the training targeted 15 staff from the Customs, Navy, the national Police, the maritime Police, the forestry Police…
Last week, from 21 to 25 November 2022, SEACOP organised a course on maritime intelligence in the city of Montevideo, in Uruguay. Uruguay constitutes a brand partner country of SEACOP, which joined under the fifth phase of the project, launched in May 2021. The training took place in the facilities of the Uruguayan Naval Prefecture…
On Monday 21 November 2022, SEACOP held its first Joint Maritime Control Unit (JMCU) ship control training course in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire for 12 agents from Customs, national and maritime Police, the Navy, the Ministry of Water and Forestry, the National Gendarmerie and the Port Authority. Held at the National Customs School, this training is…
On Monday 14 November, SEACOP and Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the fight against illicit maritime trafficking. Signed by Minister of Security, Anibal Fernandez, EU Ambassador to Argentina, Amador Sánchez Rico, and SEACOP Project Director Dominique Bucas, the MoU aims to strengthen the existing cooperation between the government of Argentina and the SEACOP…
On Friday, 11th November 2022, SEACOP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Sierra Leone, as represented by the National Security Coordinator, Mr. Abdulai Caulker. During a ceremony held at the Office of National Security (ONS), Chief of Staff of the ONS, Mr. Francis langumba Keili welcomed the attendees and reiterated Sierra…
