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EU-ACT supports the drafting of the first official manual for drug addiction professionals in Tanzania

UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 9th September 2020

EU-ACT is supporting the drug demand reduction policy in Tanzania in partnership with the Drug Control and Enforcement Authority (DCEA), the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), Universities and Civil Society Organisations. The project supports the development of the first official training manual for drug addiction professionals under prevention, treatment and…

News Briefing – Week of 17 February

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 25th February 2020

The first underground factory producing counterfeit cigarettes has been discovered by the Spanish police in the province of Malaga. The illegal factory had the capacity to produce around 3500 cigarettes per hour. This discovery, which EUROPOL, Lithuania, Poland and the United Kingdom contributed to, was made possible further to the arrest of 20 persons…

News Briefing – Week of 10 February

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 18th February 2020

14 alleged members of a drug trafficking gang were arrested by the Spanish police in Catalonia following an investigation that started in December 2018 after the discovery and seizure of a large quantity of cocaine in boxes of A4 paper shipped from Brazil. The gang were thought to be laundering the profit of their trafficking…

News Briefing – Week of 3 February

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 11th February 2020

The Ivory Coast navy seized 411 kg of cocaine and made 5 arrests following the discovery of a ship idling at high sea. The ship was seen to offload the drugs to a smaller vessel that came alongside. The West African coast is vulnerable to illicit drug trafficking, as previous seizures in Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau…

Newsbriefing – Week of 27 January

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 4th February 2020

The Director of the EMCDDA presented the EU Drugs market report 2019 to the Committee on Civil liberties, Justice and Home Affairs at the European Parliament in Brussels. The director put emphasis on the fact it is a wake-up call for policymakers looking at the worrying trends of the illicit market which is fast growing, well…

A new cocaine seizure in Dakar!

UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 29th January 2020

On 29 January 2020, the rummage section of Joint Container and Ships Control Unit (UMCC) searched the “Grande Nigeria”. This vessel had previously been involved, in June 2019, in the seizure of 798 kilograms of cocaine. The search of the vessel resulted in the discovery of 4 bags carefully hidden in the vessel’s ventilation system,…

Newsbriefing – Week of 20 January

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 28th January 2020

The EMCDDA and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) have discussed and agreed on the next joint work programme covering the period 2020-2024. The cooperation between the EMCDDA and the CICAD has been ongoing since 2000 and is framed by a Memorandum of Understanding. One of the major components of their cooperation is the joint…

Newsbriefing – Week of 13 January

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 23rd January 2020

Illegal landing strips in Venezuela are proliferating under the control of the ELN, the FARC and the EPL, also known as the “Los Pelusos”. Utilised to move drugs and the pre-cursor chemicals that support cocaine production, the issue of clandestine airstrips is a growing concern. Fueling parallel and illicit economies and underpinned by corruption and…

Newsbriefing – Week of 6 January

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 14th January 2020

In the era of trade globalisation, the use of containers at sea has become and remains the most efficient way to smuggle illicit drugs. Container ships have doubled in size and can therefore carry more containers than 10 years ago and pressure to deliver the shipments on time has increased. Comparatively and proportionately speaking, fewer containers…

Newsbriefing – Week of 30 December

Newsbriefings, UncategorisedBy Typhaine Rampillon 6th January 2020

Following the seizure of 855 kg of cocaine in Suriname that was destined for the Belgian port of Zeebruges, the arrest of two individuals diving in the Zeebruges waters at night and the seizure of 200kg of cocaine in autumn a ship sailing to England, the Mayor of Bruges announced that there will be more…

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