SEACOP delivers Joint Maritime Control Unit advanced training in Peru

From 23-27 January 2023, SEACOP conducted a specialised training on the search for illicit substances aboard vessels, targeted at officials from the Navy, Customs, National Police and Port Authority of #Peru 🇵🇪. Two experts from the Operational Group of Technical Inspections (GOIT) of the Spanish National Police were mobilised by SEACOP, in order to deliver…

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SEACOP supports Colombian-led seizure

The Colombian authorities conducted a successful seizure, in close cooperation with the Spanish National Police and Customs, which resulted in the capture of one criminal and the confiscation of 322 kilograms of cocaine. The operation took part within the framework of the “Estrategia Esmeralda” and within the framework of “Operation Tayrona” led by the Colombian…

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SEACOP signs MoU with Gambian government

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…

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EU, UNODC-WCO projects join forces on container search training in Guyana

EU-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…

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SEACOP, MCBS hold international study visit to Spain

An 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…

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SEACOP visits MAOC-N in Lisbon

SEACOP 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…

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SEACOP holds major international seminar in Ecuador

The 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…

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First JMCU unit established in Cote d’Ivoire

On 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…

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