Dec12023

ENACT’s 2023 Organised Crime Index for Africa Launch Highlights Increasing Concerns and Developments on organised crime within Africa

ENACT, Programme and Projects News

Organised crime poses escalating challenges across Africa, as recently revealed by the ENACT Organised Crime Index for Africa 2023. During the launch of the Index on 24 November 2023, the European Union’s Deputy Ambassador to Kenya Ondrej Simek, referenced persistent illicit market within Africa such as human trafficking, cocaine and illicit financial flows, as issues…

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Nov302023

ECO-SOLVE organises the Africa Regional Consultation Meeting on Elite Protection, Corruption and Environmental Crime

ECO-SOLVE, Programme and Projects News

On 23 November 2023, the first expert regional consultation on ‘exposing elite protection and corruption in environmental crime’ was organized as part of the global GIFP action ECO-SOLVE. The event was held in person at the Radisson Blu Upperhill in Nairobi, Kenya with additional participants from the EU and the GI-TOC ECO-SOLVE project team joining…

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Nov232023

COLIBRI holds the first Steering Committee of its second phase   

COLIBRI, Programme and Projects News

On 16 November 2023, COLIBRI hosted its Steering Committee at the World Customs Organization (WCO) headquarters in Brussels and online to discuss and outline the roadmap for the project’s second phase. As part of the GIFP, COLIBRI II will aim to enable law enforcement agencies and criminal justice institutions with enhanced capacities for conducting regular…

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Nov222023

CRIMJUST Strives to Empower The Gambia in its fight against Organised Crime

CRIMJUST, Programme and Projects News

From November 13 to 15, 2023, CRIMJUST conducted a stakeholder meeting on the protection of human rights during the investigation and prosecution of cross-border crimes in The Gambia, signalling an essential phase in advancing institutional integrity and human rights principles in the fight against illicit trafficking. During the inaugural ceremony emphasis was placed on the…

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Nov162023

COLIBRI holds its 5th Expert Coordination Meeting in Brussels

COLIBRI, Programme and Projects News

The 5th Expert Coordination Meeting of the COLIBRI Project took place from 6th to 10th November 2023, at the World Customs Organization (WCO) headquarters in Brussels. The event marked the launch of the project’s second phase, focusing on Monitoring and Controlling General Aviation (GA) in countries along illicit trafficking routes. Attended by 30 experts from…

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Nov152023

Bolstering the Fight Against Online Wildlife Crime: ECO-SOLVE a new action within the GIFP

ECO-SOLVE, Programme and Projects News

The GIFP action ECO-SOLVE was unveiled as one of the EU’s new external action initiatives for tackling wildlife crime at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC)’s “Data and Wildlife Crime” side event on the margins of CITES 77th Standing Committee in Geneva, Switzerland, on 9 November 2023. In 2022, the European Commission tasked…

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Oct262023

ENACT webinar – Global meets local: new transnational organised crime trends in Africa

ENACT, Programme and Projects News

On 17 October 2023, ENACT held a webinar to discuss the illegal trade and flow of people, goods and substances throughout Africa and their impact beyond the continent’s borders, as shown by the rise in irregular migration and illicit financial flows into Europe. The European Commission opened the event reaffirming the EU’s commitment to the…

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Oct102023

SEACOP assesses potential for Suriname integration in Phase VI

Programme and Projects News, SEACOP, Suriname

A fruitful scoping mission was conducted last week to the South American country of Suriname in order to assess its potential integration into SEACOP Phase VI, which is set to kick off next month.  Led by SEACOP Project Director Dominique Bucas and Regional Coordinator for Latin America Alfredo Diaz Sanchez, the mission encompassed meetings with…

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Oct52023

CRIMJUST delivers specialised technical training on effective responses to cocaine production and trafficking in Colombia

CRIMJUST, Programme and Projects News

CRIMJUST focuses on combatting transnational organised crime, inter alia in relation to drug production and trafficking. The programme aims to enhance law enforcement and prosecution strategies, with a focus on disrupting illicit trafficking chains. By strengthening transnational investigative and prosecutorial networks, CRIMJUST is aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, contributing to peace, justice,…

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