Expertise France -through the SEACOP maritime security project- signs an MoU with the Gambian government. On Thursday 12 January 2023, the Gambian Minister of the Interior, Siaka Sonko, signed on behalf of the Gambian government a Memorandum of Understanding with the SEACOP Project Director, representing the main implementing partner of the project, Expertise France. In…
DetailsEU-funded project SEACOP V and the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) in early December 2022, conducted a joint training in the city of Georgetown in Guyana. Targeted at personnel from Guyana Revenue Authority, Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit and Guyana Defense Force Coast Guard, Guyana Police Force and Maritime Administrative Department, the five-day training activity was hailed…
DetailsAn international study visit to Madrid and Algeciras, Spain was held between November 26-December 03, 2022 under the auspices of the Multi-Country Cross-Border Security Programme in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti (MCBS) and the EU funded SEACOP project. The MCBS programme is also financed by the European Union and implemented by the FIIAPP to…
DetailsSEACOP is pleased to visit its strategic partner MAOC-N in Lisbon today. The Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (Narcotics) – MAOC (N) welcomed the SEACOP team in its headquarters for a #cooperation visit aimed at reinforcing the successful partnership between the two parties. Following a warm welcome by MAOC-N Executive Director Sjoerd Top, the team was briefed by analyst Manuel…
DetailsThe European Union (EU)-funded Seaport Cooperation Programme (SEACOP) on Monday 12 December 2022 launched the International Seminar “The Pacific-Atlantic Axis: How to provide a comprehensive response against illicit maritime trafficking” in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Held on 12 and 13 December, the International Seminar aims to establish a comprehensive strategy to support the fight of regional authorities…
DetailsOn Friday 25 November 2022, the Joint Maritime Control Unit of Ivory Coast, created under the SEACOP V project, concluded a 5-day ship search training course in Abidjan. Delivered by experts from the French and Senegalese Customs, the training targeted 15 staff from the Customs, Navy, the national Police, the maritime Police, the forestry Police…
DetailsLast 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…
DetailsOn 23 November 2022, ENACT hosted a seminar focusing on the cigarette trade, its many illegal flows, and North Africa’s pivotal role in this market. This event profiled new research into this lucrative trade and the North African axis, with the region being a transit, destination and consumer hub for cigarette trafficking by local organised…
DetailsFrom 14 to 18 November 2022, AIRCOP organised training sessions for the 15 new officers of the Joint Airport Interdiction Task Force (JAITF) of Accra’s international airport. This training was provided by the head of the JAITF of Banjul (The Gambia) and an officer from the JAITF of Lagos (Nigeria), both identified for their expertise…
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