On 23 August 2024, SEACOP began its new series of Workshops on Illicit Drug Trafficking for Latin American countries and the Dominican Republic. This marks an important milestone, where each of the local SEACOP trainers—who were trained last July in Argentina— will begin delivering training on illicit maritime trafficking within their own countries. “In just…
On 24th July, a major drug interdiction operation was successfully carried out at the Port of Callao, Peru in a coordinated effort involving Peru’s DIRANDRO, Mexico’s Marine Secretariat, with the full support of SEACOP Authorities seized more than 700 kilograms of cocaine hidden within a container of scrap metal. The drug trafficking organisation had attempted…
With over 260 participants from 24 countries, the last session of our ‘Threats and Case Studies’, titled “International Seminar on Emerging Dynamics of Maritime Organised Crime” was a resounding success ! Held on 29 July 2024, the webinar witnessed an unprecedented turnout for the following presentations and interventions:1. DIAGNOSIS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE AMERICAS AND…
Within the framework of the EU-funded SEACOP project, the innovative GRES-Atlantico-SUR initiative has achieved impressive results since its inception. In just one month, more than five tonnes of cocaine and one tonne of marijuana -among others- bound for Europe have been seized. The GRES-Atlantico-SUR, which brings together Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Senegal, is part…
After two intense weeks of training (8-19 July), future SEACOP instructors from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are now ready to deliver courses in Maritime Intelligence. Pedagogical and didactic methodology were exposed to the participants so they can prepare, organise and deliver their own training courses on various maritime domain…
Regional capacity building and sustainability of action were at the core of last weeks’ #SEACOP training of trainers programme delivered to 16 trainees and 2 auditors from 8 West African countries. Held in close collaboration with ISMI in Cote d’Ivoire from 1-12 July 2024, the course was designed to develop the capacities of representatives of…
Buenos Aires, Argentina – A Landmark Success in Drug Trafficking Prevention Within the framework of the EU-funded SEACOP project, the innovative GRES-Atlantico-SUR initiative has achieved impressive results in just one month since its inception. This initiative is part of a comprehensive strategy to combat drug trafficking and organised crime, spanning from the Paraná Waterway to…
Lisbon, Portugal – 19 June 2024 – The EU-funded SEACOP project on Monday held the first inter-regional event under its 6th phase in Lisbon, Portugal. Titled ‘From America to Africa: Global Cooperation to Disrupt the New Illicit Maritime Route,’ the landmark event brought together around 90 high-level representatives from 20 countries of Latin America, West…
