Dec212023

GIFP action EU-ACT II holds meeting, on the margins of the EU Central Asia Dialogue on Drugs, titled “Operationalizing the dialogue: challenges and opportunities for cooperation projects.”

EU-ACT, Programme and Projects News

On December 11, 2023, EU ACT II and CADAP7 organised a meeting with the objective of discussing how EU initiatives can operationalise the priorities of the Drugs Dialogue, as well as how they can continue to materialise the EU’s commitment to implementing the Joint Roadmap for Deepening Ties between the EU and Central Asia, which…

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Dec202023

SEACOP, CRIMARIO join hands in regional exercise in Colombia

Colombia, Programme and Projects News, SEACOP

Last week, SEACOP participated in a hybrid regional exercise organised by CRIMARIO, with the participation of different institutions from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. During five days, participants took part in various practical exercises from the Naval Base of the National Navy based in Cartagena de Indias. With this activity, the Maritime Intelligence Unit created during…

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Dec122023

DISRUPT in Chile for Training and Factory Visit

DISRUPT, Programme and Projects News

In a collaborative effort, the INTERPOL Firearms Programme and the INTERPOL Regional Bureau of Buenos Aires orchestrated two National Firearms Trainings for Chile under GIFP action DISRUPT. The first session, held in Santiago on November 27-28, 2023, targeted officers from the metropolitan region, while the second session occurred on November 30 – December 01 in…

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Dec42023

ENACT in collaboration with ECOWAS unveils the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) report

ENACT, Programme and Projects News

The escalating drug crisis in West Africa requires an urgent, targeted and strategic policy response, as the West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) report for the years 2020-2022 highlights. The absence of a detailed overview of the drug phenomenon has led to a lack of effective policies in the region, which is why…

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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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