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 Uunit (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…
From 1 to 4 November 2022, the II Transregional Meeting of Maritime Intelligence Units between the Dominican Republic and Jamaica was held jointly by SEACOP V and the MCBS Project of FIIAPP. Both EU-funded projects started this initiative last June, with the aim of strengthening the exchange of information between the two main Caribbean islands.…
Last week, SEACOP conducted a training on intelligence gathering in the maritime context for 15 high-level officials from Servicio Nacional de Aduana del Ecuador (SENAE), the National Navy and the National Police. Ecuador is one of the priority countries for SEACOP in Latin America, where numerous workshops, seminars and training have been held under the…
SEACOP on Monday 24 October 2022 launched a 5-day advanced training on vessel rummaging in Mindelo in Sao Vicente (Cabo Verde). Attended by 10 officers from Customs, the judicial, tax and maritime police, as well as coast guards, the training is led by two French Customs experts. The course’s opening ceremony was chaired by Mr Elton Santos,…
Two activities organised under the EU-funded SEACOP V were implemented in Dakar last week. A 5-day training on maritime intelligence. Organised for 15 agents, non-commissioned officers and officers of maritime intelligence units from 4 West African countries, the training was attended by 5 participants from Senegal, 4 from Ivory Coast, 3 from Togo and 3…
On Monday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Transnational Organized Crime Unit (TOCU), in close collaboration with St Vincent’s Maritime Intelligence Unit (MIU), realised a seizure of a number of illicit items on board of a pirogue. Earlier in October, TOCU had received intelligence suggesting that a drug and firearms trafficking network operating in Trinidad was preparing to leave…
On Monday 17 October, SEACOP launched a 5-day training on maritime intelligence in Dakar, Senegal. The training is attended by 15 officers and agents of maritime intelligence units from 4 West African countries, including 5 participants from Senegal, 4 from Côte d’Ivoire, 3 from Togo and 3 from Benin. Maritime Intelligence Units (MIU) are multi-agency…
