Last week, the Maritime Intelligence Unit of Peru -created and trained by SEACOP- coordinated the inspection of a high board vessel after receiving an alert from the Colombian National Police. Although no narcotic substance was found, the operation demonstrated the importance of the joint work of all Peruvian forces, namely SUNAT, Policia Nacional DIRANDRO, Marina de…
From 24 to 28 April, SEACOP Regional Coordinator in Latin America supervised an advanced training in maritime intelligence for Peruvian officials. Held at the facilities of the Port Authority of Callao, the course was delivered by experts from the Federal Police of Brazil and Naval Prefecture of Argentina together with our Regional Coordinator for Latin…
This week, SEACOP’s Deputy Regional Coordinator for Africa, Akizi-Egnim AKALA is conducting an evaluation mission of the Joint Maritime Control Units (JMCUs) in the ports of Takoradi and Tema, Ghana. This mission, carried out with the technical support of the French Customs, aims at evaluating the organisational, logistical and operational capacities of the two JMCUs. …
This week, SEACOP was in Guyana 🇬🇾 to take part in the preparations for the upcoming Tradewinds 2023 exercise. More than 1,000 troops from 17 countries are expected to partake in the exercise, which will seek to further prepare Guyana to counter regional and security threats. Organisations such as CARICOM IMPACS, the Regional Security System, the Implementation Agency…
At the end of last month, SEACOP held its 2nd Maritime Intelligence Training for Argentinean officers in Buenos Aires 🇦🇷. Experts from the Colombian Navy, the Brazilian Federal Police and SEACOP’s Latin America Coordinator, Alfredo Diaz Sanchez, focused the activity on intelligence gathering in the maritime and river environment, analysed recently detected criminal patterns in…
On March 31st, SEACOP organised a closing ceremony celebrating the end of the Joint Maritime Control Unit advanced training in Lomé, #Togo 🇹🇬 The training course, which benefited 16 participants from Togo’s police, customs and maritime affairs, sought to provide the agents of the Joint Maritime Control Unit with in-depth skills on vessels rummage to strengthen the…
On 3-4 April 2023, SEACOP held its Coordination Committee in Expertise France (EF) headquarters in Paris, France. The team, which came from West Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe, gathered to discuss the achievements of the past three months, as well as the upcoming activities to be carried out in the next few weeks. They were…
Today, SEACOP held the opening ceremony of the advanced ship search training in Lomé, #Togo 🇹🇬. In the presence of the EU Ambassador to Togo, Joaquín Vilallonga, the ceremony was attended by SEACOP Deputy Regional Coordinator for West Africa, Togo’s Maritime Prefect, the representative of the Minister’s High Advisor for the sea, the Director of…
On March 15th and 16th, the SEACOP and MCBS projects, funded by the European Union, organised a meeting in Santo Domingo to analyse the main Caribbean region threats regarding the maritime context. During these days, local institutions with competence in the fight against illicit maritime trafficking, foreign organisations and agencies, different member countries, MAOC-N and…
