During the scoping mission conducted in April 2024 to Ecuador, several challenges had been identified: Thus, from 22 – 26 July 2024, COLIBRI organised a national foundation training that would address these gaps by providing field agents with the knowledge and basic techniques to efficiently plan control operations and monitor general aviation. Furthermore, knowledge of…
DetailsWith over 260 participants from 24 countries, the last session of our ‘Threats and Case Studies’, titled “International Seminar on Emerging Dynamics of Maritime Organised Crime” was a resounding success ! Held on 29 July 2024, the webinar witnessed an unprecedented turnout for the following presentations and interventions:1. DIAGNOSIS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE AMERICAS AND…
DetailsOn 18 July 2024, ECO-SOLVE hosted a strategic expert dialogue to address the increasingly urgent and pressing issues resulting from environmental crimes. The event gathered a diverse group of experts to discuss how to strengthen multilateral responses to environmental crime, focusing on the intersection of organised crime, environmental degradation, as well as security, development, and…
DetailsOn 11th July 2024, the EU-ACT II Project and the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) held a working session to discuss collaboration for a strategic synthetic drugs assessment in the Middle East and North Africa as well as further cooperation, including formalising the participation of EUDA in the framework of EU-ACT II and vice versa.…
DetailsWithin the framework of the EU-funded SEACOP project, the innovative GRES-Atlantico-SUR initiative has achieved impressive results since its inception. In just one month, more than five tonnes of cocaine and one tonne of marijuana -among others- bound for Europe have been seized. The GRES-Atlantico-SUR, which brings together Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Senegal, is part…
DetailsAfter two intense weeks of training (8-19 July), future SEACOP instructors from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay are now ready to deliver courses in Maritime Intelligence. Pedagogical and didactic methodology were exposed to the participants so they can prepare, organise and deliver their own training courses on various maritime domain…
DetailsFrom 9th to 11th July 2024, CRIMJUST held an Investigative Case Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, focusing on strengthening cooperation between law enforcement and criminal justice practitioners from Portugal and Guinea-Bissau. The event, organised in collaboration with the UNODC Programme Office in Guinea-Bissau, AIRCOP, and INTERPOL, brought together Judicial Police and criminal justice officials to share experiences…
DetailsMainstreaming gender has become a priority across the GIFP, with a focused effort on ensuring that all actions actively promote gender parity within their activities. AIRCOP is at the forefront of this initiative, demonstrating leadership in various ways, including incentivising the creation of women-specific networks within law enforcement. This approach not only fosters gender equality…
DetailsRegional capacity building and sustainability of action were at the core of last weeks’ #SEACOP training of trainers programme delivered to 16 trainees and 2 auditors from 8 West African countries. Held in close collaboration with ISMI in Cote d’Ivoire from 1-12 July 2024, the course was designed to develop the capacities of representatives of…
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